Post on 21-Jan-2016
Coliseum Architecture
By: Ethan R
History
• The Coliseum was built around 1,920 years ago in Rome, Italy.
• The reason for building this Coliseum was to entertain the public will free games.
• They main purpose was to fight. People would fight people and people would fight animals.
• The designer of the Coliseum is unknown.
Storeys and Entrances
• There are 80 entrances to the Coliseum.
• There are four storeys to the building. The upper storey is for women and lower classes.
• The lower storey is for the upper class.
• Below the ground are cages for animals.
• The Coliseum covers 6 acres of land.
• The shape of the Coliseum is oval especially when you look from above.
• It is 50 meters high= 12 storey buildings.
• 189 meters long.• 156 meters wide.
Measurements
Style
• The styles of the architecture are ancient roman, classical, doric, ionic, and Corinthian columns.
Ruins
• The southern side of the Coliseum fell in a earthquake in the year 847.
Sources
• www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Roman_Colosseum.html
www.stpete.org/coliseum/