WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Colosseum in Rome, Italy, is a large amphitheater that hosted events like gladiatorial games.

Detailed explanation-2: -What games were played in the Colosseum ? It all started with parades. Then there were religious ceremonies, sacrifices, animal hunting, gladiator fights, horse races and executions. These are just some of the ‘games’.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Colosseum housed plays, reenactments of historical battles, animal hunts, executions, and the famous gladiators: slaves who were trained in combat and fought each other, sometimes to the death.

Detailed explanation-4: -The gladiator battles that pitted armed combatants against one another in brutal but often highly choreographed duels to the death were by far the most popular kind of entertainment that unfolded in the Colosseum.

Detailed explanation-5: -Unlike many earlier amphitheaters, which had been dug into hillsides to provide adequate support, the Colosseum was a freestanding structure made of stone and concrete. The distinctive exterior had three stories of arched entrances-a total of around 80-supported by semi-circular columns.