Eighty rows like the spokes of a wheel. Each row consists of seven
.Berths (one from each ring)
Giant tufa stones (a type of volcanic rock) were filling in
The spaces between the middle supports of each row form the walls. Called
.These walls are called radial walls, because they radiate from the center
An aerial view of the Colosseum's structural support structure
Stone pavement rings
From 1 to 7
And facilitate its use for fifty thousand people. It was
Vespasian's building was supposed to be large and solid
.And practically like Vespasian himself
The Flavian Amphitheater will be a huge oval amphitheater
It is 620 feet (189 m) long and 513 feet (156 m) wide
metres). The facade or exterior wall will rise by more than
feet (48 m) higher than a modern apartment building consisting of 156
.Fifteen floors
- In the center of the building there will be a square floor
.A staging area for gladiator fights and other performances
It will be a smaller oval, 287 feet (87 metres)
At 180 feet (55 metres). The tiers of seats will rise
Around it from the floor to the top of the outside wall, similar to
.Seats found in a modern football stadium
...The seating area will be based on a skeleton of
Giant limestone piers or columns (Fig
Solid limestone). Sidewalks will be arranged
In seven rings, each of which has eighty pillars. If we look from
Within the plaza, the sidewalks will radiate outward
Arena radial walls
Cylinder vault
Barrel vaults
Transferring weight from the ceiling to the ceiling
.Side walls
Near the playing field, the walls should be as high as the pitch
The radials are only about 15 feet (4.5 m) to support the lowest rows
Seats. But towards the outer wall, they must reach
.A much higher level of support for the highest seats in the back rows
In the spaces between the eighty radial walls, the engineer determined
The architect has eighty radial corridors and stairs. it will be
The outer ends of the corridors serve as entrances to the building. will cover
Concrete barrel vaults connect these corridors and walls
Radials connect to each other and allow for the construction of benches and more
Walkways and stairs above. A barrel vault is a long roof
In the form of a tunnel over the corridor. The barrel vault transfers the weight
.Away from the center of the roof to the buttocks or side walls of the vault
For this reason, a vaulted ceiling does not need to be supported in
The middle. The buttocks have limestone pavements and are strong
Enough to bear all the weight. Barrel cellars are considered
An important feature of the amphitheater because it transfers the weight of the
building to stronger structures
.Limestone sidewalks
An elaborate design was created for the runway, a design from
It would produce a building that is sturdy and easy to use. It has been determined
.Site and its management. The building also got its name
It will be called the Flavian Amphitheater, after a family
Vespasian. It was time to start building the largest amphitheater he had ever seen
.Romans at all
Eighty entries
The eighty radial walls of the Flavian Amphitheater created eighty aisles
radially for use as inlets. But only seventy-six entries were allocated
For use by the public. The other four entrances (one on each side
.The north, south, east and west of the building) were not for public use
.The Emperor and his guests used the southern entrance
High officials and vestal virgins used it
(The only priestesses in Rome) North entrance. through
The western entrance entered the gladiators and musicians
And the other players to the arena. It was the eastern entrance
It is the so-called "gate of death", where he exits
.Gladiators, living or dead
The Vestal Virgins served
(below) In the Temple of Vesta
In Rome for thirty
A year, ten years
After each block was pulled from the quarry, skilled stonecutters
High quality, hand-shaped. They used saws and sand to erode
.Stone to the dimensions specified by the architect
The blocks were then loaded onto carts and pulled by teams of oxen
To Rome. It was probably unloaded in the center of the amphitheatre-arena.
Since no
Doing any work in the arena so far, it has been simple
.An empty space ideal for use as a workspace and storage area for materials
Once the blocks arrived on site, they were carefully shaped beforehand
Craftsmen, using hammers and chisels, to fit a place
...Specific. When needed, huge blocks were lifted into place using
-Mechanical cranes, supported by workers and teams of animals. the
The frame crane was probably used in both quarrying and construction
location. These A-frame cranes can lift to a height of about 40
.feet (13 metres). The A-frame hoist works with a rope and pulley system
The crane consists of two legs (beams of wood) tied together at the top
."And spaced apart at the bottom. This shape resembles the letter "A
early
A-frame crane
...It contains many toilets and fountains, so a network of
Drainage pipes between layers of stones. This led to additional pipes being laid
.Under the stones, draining into the city sewer system
Probably a small forest of short tubes protruding from
...Above the stone layers, waiting to be connected to the pipes that
It will be installed in the walls of the amphitheater. These will carry water
.throughout the building
Travertine and risers
The limestone used for the floor and supporting piers was carved
Carefully sourced from quarries near the town of Tivoli, approx
miles (40 km) from the runway. Without the benefit of explosives or 25
,machinery
.Workers cut limestone blocks from the ground with chainsaws
...Historians estimate that 3.5 million cubic feet (110,000 m3) of
Limestone was used in the Flavian Amphitheater. On average each block
.The weight of the piers was about 4.5 tons (4 metric tons)
Base and lower level 35
On the exercise wheel. While they were running a device
,Walking, swinging on the lifting rope. And with the rope tightened
.Lifting the stone block
It was a nectar
used in construction
The runway is similar to a piston
The spiral (above) used in
It's time to make
Wine. To rotate the piston
Or the capstan, he was the uncle