Wednesday, November 17, 2004

Collosium


Collosium
Originally uploaded by Venkata.
The Rome - Colosseum owes its name to a colossal bronze statue, representing the Emperor Nero, more than 35 m. tall, that used to stand in this area. Symbol of Rome worldwide, the Colosseum was built by the emperors of the Flavian dynasty between 72-80 A.D., on the site once occupied by an artificial lake belonging to the magnificent Domus Aurea, a compound of buildings and gardens built by Nero now in ruins but with beautiful decorations which inspired Renaissance painters. This place in the olden days the Romans used to watch the beast Vs beast, beast Vs human, human Vs human. The beasts were brought from Africa and were tamed by making them run in the colosseum. Later these are made to fight. We went for an 2 hours tour there we were explained by all the important aspects of this Colosseum.