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The Colosseum, formerly known as the Flavian Amphitheatre, also known as the Roman Arena, was built in 72 AD. It was a place dedicated to slave owners, nobles and free people in the ancient Roman Empire to watch beasts or slaves fight.

This huge Colosseum is located in the center of Rome, the capital of Italy, in the southeast of Venice Square, near the ancient Roman market. It is one of the symbols of ancient Roman civilization and a city card of Rome.

From the outside, the Colosseum is a perfect circle, but when viewed from a high altitude, it is oval.

It covers an area of ​​about 20,000 square meters, with a long axis of about 188 meters, a short axis of about 156 meters, a circumference of about 527 meters, and a wall height of about 57 meters. It is a huge ancient building that can accommodate nearly nine million people.

Of course, the modern Colosseum is dilapidated and its glory is gone.

It has become a famous historical relic in the city of Rome, attracting countless tourists from all over the world to visit and visit every year, paying homage to the glory and civilization of ancient Rome, and completely lost the original function of the arena.

Even so, standing in front of the ruins of the Colosseum or walking in it, people seem to be able to hear the screams, cheers and applause from the Colosseum, which is very lively.

But what people hear more is the roar of mad fighting between gladiators and wild beasts, between gladiators and gladiators, as well as the shrill screams full of despair and pain and dying.

Even the air here seems to be filled with a strong smell of blood. Although it has been nearly two thousand years, it has never dissipated!

Coming out of the parking lot and walking to the ruins of the Colosseum, Ye Tian and the others stopped in their tracks, raised their heads, and began to admire this famous historical site that symbolizes ancient Roman civilization!

The Colosseum, which appeared in front of their eyes, had long since lost its splendor and was dilapidated. Only half of the skeleton remained, and the rest had collapsed into ruins or were destroyed by various natural disasters.

The remaining half of the skeleton is also scarred and mottled everywhere. It is said to be a famous historical site, but in fact it is not much different from the ruins.

But from the remaining ruins, people can still see the majesty and majesty of the Colosseum, as well as the beauty and prosperity of the ancient Roman Empire.

"Wow! This is really spectacular. It's hard to imagine. In ancient Rome two thousand years ago, how did people build such a grand Colosseum? It's incredible!"

"Standing here, I seem to be able to hear the sound of the gladiators fighting wildly. In the next second, Sparta will lead the rebellious gladiators, and it seems that they will rush out of the Colosseum!"

Betty and Anderson said with emotion that everyone was completely shocked by the famous historical site in front of them, and they all stared at the ruins of the Colosseum in front of them in a daze.

Ye Tian turned to look at them, then smiled and said:

"How was the Colosseum built? This is a huge Colosseum that the Roman emperor forced 80,000 Arab and Jewish prisoners of war to build in eight years. It was made of the lives and flesh of prisoners of war.

This is not over yet. When the Colosseum was completed in AD 80, the Romans held a 100-day celebration ceremony. Their so-called celebration ceremony was a series of extremely crazy bloody massacres.

The rulers of ancient Rome drove 5,000 beasts and 3,000 slaves, prisoners of war, and criminals into the Colosseum to fight. This kind of frenzied fighting between people and beasts lasted for a full 100 days.

The celebration ceremony did not end until the 5,000 beasts and 3,000 gladiators were all killed and wounded. It can be said that every handful of soil here is soaked in blood."

"I'll go! This is too cruel,

The frantic fighting that lasted for a hundred days was unimaginable, it must have been bloody to the extreme! "

Anderson exclaimed directly, with an exaggerated expression.

The same goes for everyone else, when they think of the tragic scene where thousands of ferocious beasts and thousands of gladiators frantically fight together, just to live a second longer, they immediately feel shuddering.

"So, although the ancient Roman Empire was great and desirable, it was not so perfect, especially for the slaves and prisoners of war at that time, it was the most terrifying hell.

Let’s not talk about this, let’s buy a ticket to visit the Colosseum. When we enter the Colosseum, we will be able to see another different scenery. I am looking forward to it.”

Ye Tian said with a smile, and then took Betty to the entrance of the Colosseum.

Anderson and the others followed immediately, and everyone was excited and full of expectations.

It is now afternoon, and there are not many tourists waiting in line to enter the Colosseum. There are only thirty or fifty tourists from all over the world.

In addition, some tourists avoided Ye Tian and the others for safety reasons. Seeing them coming, these tourists immediately changed their plans and did not intend to enter the Colosseum for sightseeing.

Therefore, Ye Tian and the others didn't have to line up for a long time before entering the Colosseum smoothly.

Just as Ye Tian said, when they entered the interior of the Colosseum, what appeared before their eyes was another even more spectacular scenery.

Especially when they stood on the stone steps in front of the arena and looked at the whole arena, each of them was completely shocked by what they saw.

This imposing colosseum is oval in shape, like two butted semicircular stages, covering a huge area, with a sizable arena in the middle, which is the stage for gladiators and beasts to fight.

The current gladiator arena is riddled with ravines, and the cellars under the arena that were used to hold gladiators and beasts are all exposed. The floor that originally covered it has long since decayed and disappeared.

Around the arena, there are as many as four floors of stands.

According to the identity of the audience, the Colosseum stand is divided into three areas, which can accommodate more than 90,000 spectators, and its volume is comparable to the largest stadium in the world today.

Going up the 60-storey grandstand and walking to the top of the grandstand, you will find a towering outer wall with a height of 57 meters, which is equivalent to the height of a 19-story building. Although it is dilapidated, it is still shocking.

On the lower three floors of the stands, there are eighty brick and stone arches arranged in an orderly manner on each floor. The ancient arches look like dense honeycombs, and the scene is spectacular.

Moreover, the colonnades in front of these arches are very distinctive, from bottom to top, they are arranged in the standard order of Doric, Ionic and Corinthian, which is the inheritance and respect of ancient Greek civilization.

The stands on the fourth floor of the Colosseum are decorated with a large number of small windows and pilasters. Due to the age and various natural disasters, the stands on the fourth floor were the most damaged, and there are not many left.

Standing inside the entrance of the Colosseum, looking at the magnificent ancient architectural ruins in front of them, Ye Tian and the others were already shocked by it and their hearts were surging.

At this moment, in their minds, such an exciting scene could not help appearing.

That is the scene of Spartacus fighting a lion or a tiger with all their strength, a life-and-death contest!

Spartacus, wearing an iron helmet and holding a shield, holding a sword in his right hand, stands in the center of the arena, staring at the lion or tiger that is rushing towards him!

At the moment of life and death when the lion or tiger rushed in the air, Spartacus attacked like lightning, slashing the sharp sword in his hand and directly stabbing the beast's vital point.

The next moment, the ferocious beast, which had been baring its teeth and claws, fell to the ground and died in the center of the arena without even making a cry.

The surging blood quickly stained the entire arena red and ignited everyone's passion!

Seeing this extremely bloody scene, nearly 100,000 spectators in the Colosseum suddenly screamed crazily, applause, cheers, and stomping, resounding through the sky!

The noise at the scene was like a volcanic eruption, and tens of thousands of arms in the stands were waving wildly, like the most violent and terrifying waves in the violent ocean.

As for Spartacus, who had just killed the beast, his chest heaved rapidly, large beads of sweat rolled down his pale cheeks, and the glistening eyes were burning with the joy of victory.

However, this joy is fleeting.

Instead, there is endless pain and sorrow, as well as engraved hatred, and the unyielding fighting spirit that has never been extinguished and is getting hotter and hotter!

In the flick of a finger, two thousand years have passed.

Those momentous figures in history are long gone, turned into a pile of loess; those glorious years have long been sealed in the history books, only for future generations to remember and pay tribute to.

However, the city wall full of vicissitudes of time still stands tall, telling people some epic stories.