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The Colosseum
The people started working on this colosseum in 71 A.D and it took about ten years to build this.Vespasian had took over for emperor and was taking down building that Nero had built, so he could built a colosseum.He made the colosseum for people to be intertain.There were over 1500 people there to go watch the events and the staues.The colosseum was about 150 feet tall so the staues could fit in. The games that they held in the colosseum were ludi circenses, chariot races, fights with animals, fight between two gladiators,but they had more in there.

Fights in the Colosseum
The gladiater fights were first introduce in 264 Bc.When we walk in you wouldnt know if you'll still be alive because you could die.Most f the peopleha died of shar turns.The people were brave men and also brave womens.gladiatoria**l** schools where slaves who trained to fight people to defeat who they wanted to come.They didnt just fight people they also fought anamials that were wild.The anamials were traied to fight becuse then it wouldnt be challgeful for them andot easy o kill.zebras and ostriches wee trained to pull **charios.** pictures ​

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websites http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/romans/architecture/colosseum.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colosseum