The Colosseum was the place where ancient Rome held performances of man and beast. The gladiators involved have to fight a wild animal until one side dies, and there are also fights between people. According to the Roman historian Dior? According to Gaius Gaius Cassius Longinus Longinus, when the Colosseum was built, the Romans celebrated for 65,438+000 days and slaughtered 9,000 livestock.
The Colosseum, a form of architecture, originated from the theaters in ancient Greece. At that time, the theaters were all built in a semicircle on the hillside, and the audience rose layer by layer on the hillside. But in ancient Rome, for example, Epi Daros Theatre (about 330 BC, designed by Piercretos Polykleitos, Jr.). People began to erect the auditorium with arch ticket structure to connect two semi-circular theaters, thus forming the so-called amphitheater, which no longer needs to be built by the mountain. The Colosseum is the largest oval arena in the Roman Empire. Its major axis is187m, its minor axis is155m, and its circumference is 527m. The center is the performance area, with a major axis of 86 meters and a minor axis of 54 meters. The ground is covered with floors, and the stands are surrounded by layers. There are about 60 rows of stands, divided into five areas. The first row at the bottom is the VIP area (such as elders, officials, priests, etc. ), the second floor is the aristocratic area, the third area is the rich area, the fourth area is the ordinary citizen area, and the last area is the bottom female area, all of which are standing seats. There is also a canopy hanging by a suspension rope in the audience to shade the sun; Moreover, the canopy is inclined to the middle, which is convenient for ventilation. These canopies are controlled like sails by sailors standing at the top of the colonnade.