The Colosseum photo copyrighted by: Alan Ingram The Colosseum or Coliseum is today the most recognisable of Rome's Classical
buildings. Even 2,000 years after it was built, and despite centuries when the
abandoned building was pillaged for building materials, it is instantly recognisable ... a Classical template for the stadia of today. It was the first permanent amphitheatre to be raised in Rome, and the most impressive arena the
Classical world had yet seen. And with accommodation for 60,000 seated and
10,000 standing, all of whom could enter and leave in a matter of minutes,
courtesy of 80 entrances, this is a structure that the designers of modern sports
stadia could learn from.
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