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The Colosseum ( / ˌkɒləˈsiːəm / KOL-ə-SEE-əm; Italian: Colosseo [kolosˈsɛːo]) is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, just east of the Roman Forum. It is the largest ancient amphitheatre ever built, and is still the largest standing amphitheatre in the world, despite its age.
Roman Forum. / 41.89222°N 12.48528°E / 41.89222; 12.48528. The Roman Forum, also known by its Latin name Forum Romanum ( Italian: Foro Romano ), is a rectangular forum ( plaza) surrounded by the ruins of several important ancient government buildings at the centre of the city of Rome. Citizens of the ancient city referred to this ...
Rome authorities on Thursday inaugurated a new archaeological park and museum in the shadow of the Colosseum that features an original marble map of Ancient Rome that visitors can literally walk over.
The inaugural games were held, on the orders of the Roman Emperor Titus, to celebrate the completion in AD 80 (81 according to some sources) [ 1] of the Colosseum, then known as the Flavian Amphitheatre ( Latin: Amphitheatrum Flavium ). Vespasian began construction of the amphitheatre around AD 70 and it was completed by his son Titus, who ...
Watch live as a super worm moon illuminates Rome's historic Colosseum. According to the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, Native Americans named the last full moon of winter after worm trails that ...
An exploration of ancient sewers beneath the Colosseum, the world’s most recognizable stadium, revealed the kinds of food spectators snacked on in the stands and the animals that met their fate ...
View of the Palatine Hill from across the Circus Maximus A schematic map of Rome showing the seven hills and the Servian Wall. The Palatine Hill (/ ˈ p æ l ə t aɪ n /; Classical Latin: Palatium; [1] Neo-Latin: Collis/Mons Palatinus; Italian: Palatino [palaˈtiːno]), which relative to the seven hills of Rome is the centremost, is one of the most ancient parts of the city; it has been ...
A five-year dig into the side of Rome’s Palatine Hill yielded treasure last week when archaeologists discovered a deluxe banquet room dating from around the first or second century BC, featuring ...