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BackgroundThe Roman Colosseum, used to known as the Flavian Amphitheatre, start building in AD 72 by Emperor Vespasian, before Vespasian dies, the Colosseum barely completed three stories. After that, his son, Titus, completes it in 80. Later, Domitian, Titus brother further remodelled it. The Colosseum is located in Rome, Italy. It is located at the heart of Rome. The height of this building is 157ft and it has a leeway of 1788ft. it is also the largest amphitheatre ever built in the Roman Empire. There are 4 main floor, the first floor is 34ft, second floor is 38ft, terce floor is 37ft, and the fourth floor is 45ft. each floor has 80 arches. Also, it can hold about 50,000 of spectators. The central bailiwick is 180ft wide and 287ft long, and it is surrounded by 15foot rampart with seating above. Underneath, in that respect are rooms and tunnels, around housed gladiators and wild animals, others contained pulleys, ramps and hand operated elevator. There are over 1million of ani mals died in the course of the Coliseum games. The last put down games were helps in the 6th century. The Colosseum survived several earthquakes that cause the south side to collapse. (History.com staff, 2009)AnalysisHistory aspect Why was the Colosseum built? In 64AD, the Great Fire of Rome, this burn down for 9 days strikes and wrecked the city. After the tragedy, Emperor Nero built a palace which consist of a beautiful lake and gardens, it was names the Domus Aurea (Latin for Golden House), also, there is a colossal statue of Nero about 100-120 Roman feet which is around 37m high. It became a landmark in the heart of the city of Rome. When the burning of Rome happens, the Amphitheater of Statilius Taurus and the Amphitheatrum Neronis has been sunk. A... ...a life-size change to make it a National football Stadium for their national football team. Being a football fan, we all know that the Italy National Football Team is very good in that sport. They were the Wor ld Cup Winners in four occasions and being the European Champion once. Why not civilise a step forward and change the arena into a football stadium? So that the team could have their home ground like some other football teams have, and play there listening the cheer of their supporters. In this 21st century, the technology is so good that it is easy to turn over the arena to turn it into a stadium. First of all for the interior, add seats for the fans and the seats should be in blue colour because of the national team colour. The exterior, since the statues have been destroyed before, I think it would be good if they build statue of their great football legends.Compare