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/