The colosseum opened in A.D.80 and hosted 100 spectacles a year. 50,000 available seats were divided into social classes. |
Down below, the ancient forum, with its temples and colonnades and courtyards, spreads out towards the the Colosseum. |
The bowels of the Colosseum, the hypogeum's inner workings would have been unknown even to most ancient Romans. |
There is no better view of the Colosseum than the circular dolly shot, as you lean into the curve with the throttle open. |
The Melbourne Cricket Ground, a contemporary colosseum, growls and echoes eerily as Waugh makes the long walk to the crease. |
And in Rome, as thousands of tourists watch helplessly, an electrical superstorm reduces the ancient Roman Colosseum to rubble. |