Colosseum

Colosseum

1642

Flavian Amphitheater

visual works

Italy (nation)

Rome (inhabited place)

Imperial (Roman)

architectural drawings (visual works)

amphitheaters (built works)

Drawing of the Colosseum in Rome, Italy as it may have looked in ancient times. Although amphitheaters were built throughout the Roman Empire, none were as large and grand as this. The name, however, derives not from its great size, but from the Colossus, a large bronze statue of Nero, standing near it. It provided good visibility for the more than 50,000 spectators who viewed animal games, spectacles, and gladiatorial combats there. Begun in the 1st century CE by Vespasian, a member of the Flavian family, it remained in use until the early 6th century ... The exterior borrows from Greek architectural orders. Each arch of the arcades is framed by engaged columns; from the bottom to the top, the columns are Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian with Corinthian pilasters in the attic. The attic has small windows which once alternated with bronze plaques (now lost),"--by Mary Ann Sullivan, Bluffton University.

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