The Colosseum

The Colosseum in Italy

1. THE COLOSSEUM Our Final Presentation

2. Nguyễn Thanh Huyền Ngô Thị Vân Anh Nguyễn Thị Quyên Vũ Thùy Linh Nguyễn Trà My Presenters :

3. O verview General Introduction 1 History 2 Physical description 3 Some facts 4 The Colosseum today 5

4. “ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROME”

5. THE HISTORY

6. The history of t he Colosseum Ancient Medieval Modern

7. T he Colosseum in Ancient B uilt in 72 in the reign of Emperor Titus .

8. Built on the artificial lake district of E mperor Nero's Domus Aurea

9. The Colosseum in Medieval Some small chapels C emetery

10. An earthquake has destroyed entire the south side wall

11. T he  Colosseum in M odern Pope Sixtus p lanned to turn the building into a wool factory.

12. The Colosseum was restored

13. T he Colosseum in modern

14. THE PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION The exterior The interior seating

15. THE EXTERIOR

16. An egg-shaped building

17. 189 meters long 156 meters wide 24,000 square meters (6 acres)

18. The central arena 87 meters long 55 meters wide an oval

19. S t ones C oncrete Bricks More than 1.1 million erect this massive structure. 240 mast corbels

20. INTERIOR SEATING

21. about 80 entrances accommodate 50,000 spectators

22. T he most important Romans T he Equites & knights W ealthy plebeians P oor plebeians W omen & S laves

23. AMAZING FACTS ABOUT THE COLOSSEUM

24. 1. Colosseum was built for THE ROMAN PEOPLE , NOT THE EMPEROR .

25. 2. T he name ‘ Colosseum ’ comes from NERO’S STATUE

26. 3. Colosseum was built without the use of MORTAR .

27. 4. The design was tailored to both CROWD & ANIMAL CONTROL .

28. THE COLOSSEUM TODAY A major tourist attraction in Rome

29. A museum dedicated to Eros

30. A network of subterranean passageways

31. Roman Catholic ceremonies

32. C onclusion 2 3 4 5 1 H istory A ncient Medieval Modern Introduction: The greatest work of Roman architecture and engineering Physical description The exterior The interior seating An egg-shaped building F our tiers of seating Some facts Colosseum was built for THE ROMAN PEOPLE The name comes from NERO’S STATUE Was built without the use of MORTAR . Was tailored to CROWD & ANIMAL control . The Colosseum today T he world’s biggest tourist attraction.