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Colosseum is a historical form of a large building performance / Amphitheater, which is one of the "Seven Wonders of the World Middle." Located in the State Capital of Italy, Rome, called the original "Flavian Amphitheater," was founded by King resolved by Vespasian and his son Titus.

About the years to produce up to now there is confidence gap. There is a thought that made the Colosseum in the year 79 BC, there is also the opinion that between 70-82 years old M. But, most archeologists believe that the Colosseum is made in the years 70-82 M. The origin of the name comes from the Colosseum at a statue 130 feet or 40 m, called Colossus. The Colosseum in the set to accommodate 50,000 spectators.

Reconstruction of the Colosseum starting from the King of Vespasian 72 years old M and resolved by his son Titus in 80 years, M. The Colosseum was established near the enermous Nero's palace, the Domus aurea has been in the big fire after the Romans in 64 years, M. Some experts believe that the historical construction of the Colosseum financed by major foray temple in Jerusalem by order of King Herod in the year 64 M. Dio Cassius a historian said that there are around 9,000 wild animals have been killed in 100 days as a celebration ceremony and the opening of the Colosseum. From the Colosseum floor of the arena covered by sand to prevent blood is not blood-flow-where to go.

In the Colosseum was a place of spectacular performances, including a fight between animals (venetaiones), contention between detainees and animals, execution of prisoners (noxii), the water fight (naumachiae) by flooding the arena, and the contention between Gladiator (munera ). During hundreds of years, the estimated thousands of people and animals die in the Colosseum show.

The name of the Colosseum as in the above is taken from the name of a statue at 130 feet or 40 m, Colossus. Colossus rebuild the statue as a replacement for Nero as a parable of the Sol, the god of the sun, adding the crown with the sun. In the mid-year, Colossus statue has disappeared. One expert said that since the statue is made of copper, the statue was dileburkan to use again.

In addition to the name taken from the Colossus, the Colosseum is also known as the Flavian Amphitheater is not known who gave it the name. In Italy, the Colosseum given name il colosseo but other languages use the Roman name le colisée and el coliseo to mention the Colosseum.

Colosseum still be used until the year 217, although the fire has been damaged because thunderstruck. Colosseum has been repaired in years and 238 games Gladiator Christians continues to fade in to stop the game because it takes too many casualties.

The building used to store various types of animals up to 524 years on. Two earthquakes in the years 442 and 508 caused severe damage in the building. In mid-Abad, the Colosseum experienced severe destruction caused by the earthquake that is more in the years 847 and 1349 and served as a fortress and also founded a church there.

Many marble stone and stucco used to rebuild parts of the Colosseum, which has been damaged due to fire. In the 16th century and 17, families using the Roman Colosseum as a place of marble stone for the construction of buildings St. Peter's Basilica and the residence of special palazzi, the Roman family.

In the year 1749, there is a form of maintenance from the Colosseum. Pope Benedict XIV to prohibit using the Colosseum as a place of mining. In 2000, there is an outcry in Italy in order to oppose the use of the death penalty for countries in the world (in Italy, the death penalty abolished in 1948). Some of the demonstrators in front of the Colosseum place. Since that time, as a signal against capital law, the local population to change the color of the Colosseum in the evening from a white gold with the use of lighting candles and a fluorescent light until the time where the world eliminate the condemnation action is dead.