The Roman Colosseum

Rome's Colosseum was the world's largest amphitheater
Rome’s emperor, Titus, had opened The Colosseum in A.D. 80
It was able to seat 50,000 people
The colosseum had brutal games that the people would play for other people's entertainment
The Colosseum had a shade to shield the spectators from the sun
A hanging light would light up the arena for night-time games
The Colosseum had underground elevators to lift up animals or gladiators to the arena
Cages underneath the arena held animals or humans (gladiators, slaves, and criminals)
Today's stadiums have been inspired by the Roman Colosseum

Violent Games

After breaks, the people would remove the dead bodies and that's when the main event begun
The Gladiators were the main event of The Colosseum games

Gladiators were the main attraction in the Roman Colosseum games
Gladiators were slaves, captured enemies, or criminals
Gladiators fought to the death (mostly)
Injured gladiators' lives were in the hands of the crowds (the emperor and the crowd could decide wether beaten gladiators lived or died)

The emperors wanted Romans to attend games to distract them from their problems and their poor lives
The games were sponsored by the emperor
The Roman games could last 100 days
Today, we attend many games as spectators, but death is not the goal of the games

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