| The bowels of the Colosseum, the hypogeum's inner workings would have been unknown even to most ancient Romans. |
| In the course of restorations, mosaics and plaster carvings have been revealed in an underground passage used by emperors to enter the Colosseum. |
| And in Rome, as thousands of tourists watch helplessly, an electrical superstorm reduces the ancient Roman Colosseum to rubble. |
| The Sistine Bridge was founded upon huge blocks of travertine brought directly from the ruins of the Colosseum. |
| There is no better view of the Colosseum than the circular dolly shot, as you lean into the curve with the throttle open. |
| The Colosseum was the greatest building in Ancient Rome but much smaller amphitheatres were built in Roman Britain and gladiatorial fights may have occurred in these. |
