THE COLOSSEUM
BY SAM AND RYAN
INTRO
•  Colosseum was founded over time by ____ emperors
•  It was completed in ___ A.D.
•  It took 9 years and 60,000 ________ slaves to build it
•  It is an _____________ INTRO
•  It was first called the ______ Amphitheater
•  The damage you see today was caused by ___________
•  The last fights took place in ____ A.D.
•  It is Rome's most ______ tourist attraction COLOSSEUM HISTORY
•  Before ________ by humans, the site of the colosseum
was a valley that water ran off too and created a _____
•  During ___________ Rome, buildings existed in the
valley
•  The valley turned into the _____ ancient regions of
Rome (508-44 B.C.)
•  In July A.D. 64 a fire destroys Rome and _____ built a
new palace with buildings and parks
COLOSSEUM HISTORY
•  Nero _____
•  __________ takes over and starts to build an
amphitheater to give back to the Roman people
because of their _______ with Nero's rule
•  Vespasian dies in ___ A.D.
•  His son, ______ has to inaugurate the Colosseum for
him in 80 A.D. COLOSSEUM HISTORY
•  In A.D. 80-81, ________ (Titus' brother) finishes the
building to the third floor
•  He excavated the _________ under the stadium to
make a place for the acts to prepare before the show
CONCLUSION
•  At the beginning of Ancient Rome, the site of the
___________ was a lake
•  Vespasian started ____________ of the Colosseum and
his son Titus finished it
•  It was built to give back to the Roman people after
________ horrible rule CONCLUSION
•  It is an __________
•  Thousands of ________ and animals died here over the
years of its time in service
FUN FACTS
•  The ______ Exit was called the Gate of Death because this was the exit that
the dead _________ were carried out of. •  The very first games at the Colosseum were held in 80 A.D. by Emperor
Titus and they lasted for _____ days and there were over 3,000 gladiator
fights during them. The very last gladiatorial games were held in ____ A.D.
•  The wooden floor of the Colosseum was ________ and the lower cells
would be filled with water for naval battles. They weren’t quite as popular
as the gladiator battles, so eventually were moved elsewhere and the
wooden floor became __________
•  During the inaugural games of the Colosseum in _____ C.E. held by Titus,
some 9,000 wild animals were slaughtered
PHRASES/WORDS IN THAT TIME
•  "When in _____, live as the Romans do; when
elsewhere, live as they live elsewhere."
•  ____________: an armory to store weapons
•  Maenianum _________ imum: the better, lower seats
for the wealthy plebeians
10 PHRASES
•  _______- area of the colosseum where the fighting took place and
comes from the Latin word "Harena" a sand used to absorb blood in
the colosseum
•  Amphitheater- oval shaped area and comes from the Latin word
______________ •  Podium- was the terrace that surrounded the arena and comes from
the Latin word ______
•  Colossal- gigantic comes from the Latin word colossus •  _________- a type of support beam and comes from the Latin word
columns 10 PHRASES CONT.
•  Imperial Box- a raised section located on the _______ reserved for
the
•  _________- the largest amount something can intake and comes
from the Latin word: maxima •  Cubicle- comes from the Latin word cunei and they were the main
seating sections were dived by these _______
•  Gradual- comes from _______ which are the in lignin rows of seats •  ________- comes from the Latin word triumphus and this means
victory BIBLIOGRAPHY
•  http://www.the-colosseum.net/history/chronology.htm
•  http://www.localnomad.com/en/blog/2013/10/01/10-
interesting-facts-about-the-colosseum-in-rome/
•  http://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/colosseum
•  http://dictionary.reference.com/
•  http://www.tribunesandtriumphs.org/colosseum/
colosseum-glossary-of-terms.htm