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= Colosseum =

It Takes Time
The Colosseum didn't take just one day to build. In fact it took some years for them to build it, but actually not a long time. They started building this structure in 71A.D. This structure took less than ten years to build! For this structure they used strong material. We know this because part of the Colsseum is still up so they had to of used something really strong. The question is, what? Well, the materials that were used were travertine(limestone deposited by mineral springs), tuff(rock that contains consilidated volcanic ash), brickwork and cement.

Whose Idea?
The idea to build the Colosseum didn't just come out of thin air and it also didn't just pop into someones head. The idea came from the Flavanian emperors of Rome. Lets see there was Vespanian, Titus and Domitian. The point of building this structure was that it was a gift to the Romes' people. The main emperor who thought of the idea was Vespanian. He was the one who took building in those days to the next level.Ibid.

[|How are you useful?]
The Colosseum was useful in many ways, but mostly games. There was a lot of games. There was chariot races that had two gladiators in their own chariots and they would race around the oval shaped arena. This would be an intense race because each time the racer would do a turn there was a chance that they would crash. This wasn't the only exciting game that was played in the Colosseum. There was also fights between two gladiators. This was cool for most people to watch and the emperor would watch this at a particular spot in the Colosseum. The most exciting part of this fight was the end when the gladiator that loses gets killed by the gladiator that won. One other exciting event was a fight between a real life animal versus a gladiator! This was real exciting because a gladiator can show his true strength. We don't know what happened most of the time but, the most entertaining event that happened was probably seeing a helpless traitor being mauled by hungry lions.Ibid.

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