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Rome's bloodiest stage, where the floor could vanish and a flood became the sea.
means A large amphitheatre or stadium, especially the great ancient one in Rome, built for public spectacles like gladiatorial combat — and by extension any vast arena for performance or sport.
from From Latin Colosseum, a name tied to the colossus — a giant statue of Nero that once stood nearby (itself from Greek kolossos, a huge statue). The Romans actually called the building the Amphitheatrum Flavium, after the Flavian emperors who raised it; the nickname 'Colosseum' stuck because of that towering neighbour, and it later spread to mean grand arenas everywhere, sometimes spelled 'coliseum.'
- Naval battles
- Early on it was flooded for staged sea fights
- Body count
- Up to 400,000 people died inside it
- Awning crew
- Sailors worked the giant retractable sunshade
- Quick exit
- 50,000 spectators could empty in minutes
- Stone thieves
- Half of it was looted to build palaces