Esther's fact file
>Made from stone and concrete this magnifecent monument
was built with the man power of ten
thousands of slaves.
>This brilliant building had 80 entrances and could seat approximately 50,000 spectators who would come to watch sporting events and games. These events included gladiatorial combats,wild animal hunt and believe it or not,ship naval battles!
>The events at the colosseum were seriously bratal,though during certain games held by the emperors around 10,000 animals were killed in a single day.
>The colosseum
was built after
Roman victory in the first Roman-Jewish war.