The Floor Of The Colosseum

Virginia sedia the wooden cage being lowered into the colosseum.

The floor of the colosseum.

After the completion of the work it was no longer possible to continue the naumachia representations of naval battles in the amphitheater like in the. At the time of its construction it was called the flavian amphitheater. Part of the arena floor has been re floored. Vespasian 69 79 ce titus 79 81 ce and domitian 81 96.

The colosseum s most distinctive feature was the arena upon which gladiators prisoners convicts and wild animals fought and died. The floor was removed by emperor domitian in ad 84 to build the underground area of the arena. The floor of the colosseum where you might expect to see a smooth ellipse of sand is instead a bewildering array of masonry walls shaped in concentric rings whorls and chambers like a huge. This 2 floor maze of corridors had human powered elevators that would bring wild beasts up through trap doors in the arena floor.

Beneath the colosseum a network of subterranean passageways once used to transport wild animals and gladiators to the arena opened to the public in summer 2010. It is built on the marshy site of an artificial lake and provided the romans a venue for hosting executions animal hunts gladiatorial games re enactments and dramas. The wolf emerges from the lift the first time in 1 500 years a wild animal had been lifted onto the floor of the colosseum. The colosseum or flavian amphitheatre is a large ellipsoid arena built in the first century ce under the roman emperors of the flavian dynasty.

There is a popular story about 100 lions. Trying to figure out how to organize your visit to rome. After you visit the colosseum arena floor you exit the floor onto the main ring of the colosseum and then can visit the rest of the monument on your own taking as much time as you need. The colosseum rome s greatest amphitheater was commissioned by the emperor vespasian in 72 ce.

The arena floor was made of wood panels covered with a layer of sand which was drawn from the nearby monte mario hill. It measured 83 meters in length by 48 meters width. The perfect 3 day itinerary in rome. The wooden blocks could be removed to reveal an extensive underground area lit by flares.