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	Colosseum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The construction of the Colosseum began under the Emperor Vespasian in AD 72 and was completed by his son, Titus, in the 80s AD.
		The Colosseum was in continuous use until 217, when it was damaged by fire after it was struck by lightning.
		Bird migration, flower blooming, the growth of Rome that caused the Colosseum to not be on the outside skirts of the city anymore and deliberate transport of species are other ways to clearify the wide stream of plants.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Colosseum (1533 words)

	"Colosseum: Arena of Death"
		The arena, filled with thousands of excited spectators, was centre stage for the cruel and deadly fights between man and man, man and beast, and beast against beast.
		Arena slaves would enter upon the stage and, with the use of special hammer-like objects, certify the gladiator's death.
		The unfortunate men were then dragged out of the arena by hooks and were flung in the carnaria, trenches that were established specially to rid the bodies.
	www.garethpatterson.com /Colosseum/colosseum.htm (1408 words)

	Arena (colosseum) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Arena is the Croatian name for the ancient Roman amphitheatre located in Pula, Croatia.
		Arena was built between 100 A.D. and 200 A.D. as the city of Pula became an regional center of Roman rule, called Pietas Julia.
		Arena floor still in use today for music concerts and as an outdoor movie theater.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Arena_(colosseum) (90 words)

	NOVA Online \| Colosseum \| Questions & Answers
		The word "Colosseum" means, as the English etymology would suggest, "very, very large." And the building had next to it a colossal statue of the Emperor Nero over 100 feet high.
		They ring the entire Colosseum, and there has always been controversy over whether these were part of a crowd control mechanism or whether they were involved in the raising of the ropes on which the sails would be extended.
		One of the statistics in the Newsweek book on the Colosseum says that a young person will have witnessed 27,000 violent deaths on television and in film by the time he or she is an adult.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/nova/colosseum/qanda (7855 words)

	Colosseum on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It encloses an arena measuring 250 ft (76 m) by 151 ft (46 m) where gladiatorial combats were held (see gladiators) until 404.
		The colosseum which compares with that in Rome is part of the remains of this once mighty Roman outpost of its empire.
		The colosseum which rivals the one in Rome for size and is just a part of the remains of this once mighty outpost of the Roman Empire.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/C/Colosseu.asp (538 words)

	Mills on the River
		The Colosseum is massive in its proportions, covering an area of 7.5 acres: the elliptical outer circumference measures 527 metres (1,730 ft) and is c.50 metres high (187 ft).
		That the Colosseum is preserved at all is due to the conservation and restoration policy initiated by Pope Benedict XIV in 1749 to save the last remains, which today correspond to a third of the original building.
		On 23 August 217 the Colosseum was struck by lightning during a terrible storm and the wooden terraces of the upper storey caught fire.
	www.nerone.cc /newslett/colosseo.htm (2141 words)

	Roman Colosseum - Rome, Italy - Great Buildings Online
		Below the wooden arena floor, there was a complex set of rooms and passageways for wild beasts and other provisions for staging the spectacles.
		Eighty walls radiate from the arena and support vaults for passageways, stairways and the tiers of seats.
		The Colosseum was designed to hold 50,000 spectators, and it had approximately eighty entrances so crowds could arrive and leave easily and quickly.
	www.greatbuildings.com /buildings/Roman_Colosseum.html (514 words)

	BBC - History - Programmes - Colosseum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		'Colosseum' traces the true story of Verus, who rises from slave to star gladiator in Rome's great amphitheatre.
		Meet the super-stars of this famous arena, or go on a tour of the building itself.
		Kathleen Coleman examines the glamour and bloodshed of ancient Rome - where the slaying of gladiators was seen as a normal form of entertainment.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/programmes/colosseum (249 words)

	Colosseum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Colosseum: View of Colosseum from the edge of the Palatine Hill.
		The floor of the arena was covered with wood then sand.
		Colosseum: Remains of the bollards that originally surrounded the structure.
	ic.ucsc.edu /~langdale/arth134/colosseum.htm (255 words)

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		Colosseum touts continually erase and mark new figures on the chalkboards to keep up with the swiftly changing bouts.
		The rest of the arena is polluted with the dead and injured.
		COLOSSEUM - ARENA - DAY Maximus is fighting a thick GIANT of a man. A few quick blows and the Giant falls -- like a mighty tree he crashes to the sand.
	www.joaquin-phoenix.net /scripts/gladiator.txt (16617 words)

	Friends of Classics - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		By AD 71, when work on the Colosseum was begun, Nero had been dead three years, and a new emperor, Vespasian, was keen to obliterate the memory of his notorious predecessor.
		Like any great iconic monument, then, the Colosseum is best written about by those who can cherish the very romance and myth that it is their responsibility to debunk.
		So it is, for instance, that even as we are reminded that not a single contemporary record of Christians being martyred in the Colosseum exists, we are also given a fascinating statistical estimate: that some 8,000 people were killed in Roman arenas every year, equivalent to 1.5% of all 20-year old men in the empire.
	www.friends-classics.demon.co.uk /news_colosseum.htm (1715 words)

	Arena at opensource encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		An arena is a circular or oval shaped public space (akin to a classical amphitheatre), designed to showcase theater, musical performances, or sporting events.
		Usually, an arena is designed to accommidate a very large number of spectators, such as New York City's Madison Square Garden or Pasadena's Rose Bowl.
		The term "arena" is also used loosesly to refer to any event or type of event which either literally or metaphorically takes place in such a location--- often with the specific intent of comparing an idea to a sporting event, such as "the arena of war" or "the arena of love."
	wiki.tatet.com /Arena.html (190 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Scotland - Glasgow - Scotland's answer to Rome's Colosseum
		The Colosseum is being built by the management of the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC) and the Clyde auditorium, better known as the "armadillo".
		The £62 million construction bill means each seat in the Colosseum is costing £4,950, but it will be money well spent, according to Mr Crosier, who predicted it would generate £50 million a year and add 25 per cent to SECC business within three years.
		The Colosseum will have movable seats and staging, but the normal layout will be a stage surrounded on three sides by a semi-circle of seats.
	news.scotsman.com /glasgow.cfm?id=2155512005 (694 words)

	Welcome to CG Channel
		The film also explores the building of the Colosseum, where gladiators thrilled and titillated the 55,000 spectators in the most violent and deadly spectator sport in history.
		One of the key effects required was crowd replication — both for the spectators inside the Colosseum and for marching armies.
		The scenes that show the building of the Colosseum were created using a mix of live action, 3D geometry and matte paintings.
	www.cgchannel.com /news/viewfeature.jsp?newsid=1997 (642 words)

	Legion XXIV - Colosseum Page
		The portals at the major axes were the main entrances to the floor of the arena; while the other two were for the the Magistrates (north) and the Emperor, Senate and Vestals (south) to enter.
		Around the arena's edge stood the "podium" wall about 15 feet high; which at times, was topped by a trellis or net to protect the spectators.
		In recent years, a portion of the arena floor, on the east end, has been reconstructed, along with a causeway, east to west on the long axis and the Colosseum is again being used as a venue for modern day concerts, rock shows and spectacles.
	www.legionxxiv.org /colosseum (1170 words)

	Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
		One of the greatest of them all was Verus, whose story is told in Colosseum – Rome’s Arena Of Death.
		Colosseum – Rome’s Arena Of Death follows Verus’s rise to fame and relives his dramatic fight during the inaugural games at the Colosseum when he faces a new and terrible challenge.
		Using drama reconstruction, choreographed fight sequences and state-of-the-art special effects, Colosseum – Rome’s Arena Of Death takes viewers back to a time and a place where fights to the death, not penalty shootouts, made spectators’ pulses race.
	www.murphsplace.com /gladiator/colosseum.html (527 words)

	Gladiator Insights: April 4, 1998 Script Draft
		Arena Slaves appear with torches and whips beat Prostitute #2 until finally she rushes toward the animals, screaming...
		In the ARENA the Cute Whore drops the key and as the audience ROARS she walks to her death.
		Narcissus sits with his group of gladiators watching Arena Slaves assemble on the floor of the Colosseum with their sand 'grooming' tools.
	www.patriotresource.com /gladiator/insights/980404/page6.html (3756 words)

	Colosseum, The :: , Rome, Lazio, Italy :: Glass Steel and Stone
		On the day the arena opened 5,000 animals were killed to the delight of the audience.
		The Colosseum was a gift to the Roman people from their rulers as a way of making ammends for the ruthlessness of emperor Nero.
		That lake was drained when emperor Vespasian decided to give the land back to the people in the form of the Colosseum It was a 115-foot-tall statue of Nero, known as the Colossus, that lent the arena its name.
	www.glasssteelandstone.com /BuildingDetail/158.php (409 words)

	Arena
		The key feature of an arena is that the event space is the lowest point, allowing for maximum visibility.
		Usually, an arena is designed to accommodate a very large number of spectators, such as New York City's Madison Square Garden or Pasadena's Rose Bowl.
		The term "arena" is also used loosely to refer to any event or type of event which either literally or metaphorically takes place in such a location--- often with the specific intent of comparing an idea to a sporting event, such as "the arena of war" or "the arena of love."
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/a/ar/arena.html (219 words)

	Gladiatorial Games
		A small number of upper-class men did compete in the arena (though this was explicitly prohibited by law), but they did not live with the other gladiators and constituted a special, esoteric form of entertainment (as did the extremely rare women who competed in the arena).
		One form of execution in the arena was damnatio ad bestias, in which the condemned were cast into the arena with violent animals or were made to participate in “dramatic” reenactments of mythological tales in which the “stars” really died (as for example the myth of
		Criminals could also be forced to fight in the arena with no previous training; in such bouts death was a foregone conclusion, since the “victor” had to face further opponents until he died (such combatants were not, of course, professional gladiators).
	www.vroma.org /~bmcmanus/arena.html (1939 words)

	Theater - Page 2
		The arena diameters of the two are nearly the same though.
		The arena is used occasionally and the arena flooring has been kept in good repair.
		The Nimes colosseum did not have the extensive crypts under the arena floor either.
	www.ancientroute.com /Monument/Theater/theater2.htm (1255 words)

	G L A D I A T O R
		In the cramped holding area of the arena, a dugout beneath the stands, Maximus and the other gladiators are waiting.
		Maximus is marching relentlessly through the dugout and cramped, serpentine trench-like tunnels that lead to the arena.
		Proximo and Maximus emerge deep in the bowels of the Colosseum.
	have-dog.com /gladiator/gladiator02.html (14804 words)

	The Gladiators
		Onto the floor of the amphitheater sand was poured to absorb the blood.
		(The word "arena" is derived from the Latin arena, which means "sand.") Nets along the sides protected the audience.
		On the eagerly anticipated day when munera were scheduled at the Colosseum or another amphitheater, the gladiators first entered the arena in a colorful parade known as the pompa.
	www.murphsplace.com /gladiator/glads.html (1316 words)

	IgoUgo: Rome Attractions, Rome Festivals, Things To Do In Rome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		No visit to Rome is complete without having seen its magnificent Colosseum, a vast amphitheatre with seating for 55,000 that was designed as a horse racing circuit and arena for animal fighting and gladiatorial battles.
		The grounds around the Colosseum are filled with milling crowds, many clustered in groups that follow a guide who holds up a colorful banner to show them where to go.
		Francesca explains that part of the reason for designing the Colosseum was to erase all traces of the cruel emperor Nero.
	www.igougo.com /planning/journalEntryActivity.asp?type=2&entryID=22632 (819 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Colosseum: Rome's Arena of Death: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Using state-of-the-art computer graphics, Colosseum brings the world of Ancient Rome to life and shows how and why this most extraordinary of human monuments was built.
		Written by Peter Connolly, an expert on the history and architecture of the Colosseum, Colosseum compiles research to explain the training methods used at the gladiator schools, as well as examining the brutal society of Ancient Rome.
		Whereas the TV focus was on the life of Verus the gladiator, the book's broad coverage of all aspects of the Roman games and the huge Flavian Amphitheatre we know as the Colosseum adds to ones understanding of not only the building but the gladiatorial combat and other displays within its arena.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0563488921 (756 words)

	Page Title
		This is how Maximus' entrance into the arena is described in the script.
		Maximus is now ready for his first Gladiator fight in the Colosseum, but is not ready to reveal his identity.
		Maximus is faced with an impossible task, he calls on the talents and strengths of his team, he acquires the attributes of the other gladiators, gaining their strength, courage and wit.
	writingstudio.co.za /page90.html (920 words)

	Jedi Council Forums - Colosseum: The Arena
		Nithrak paced around the arena, twirling his amphistaff and waiting for an opponent...hopefully it would be Mitthy.
		Mitth walked along the top of the Colosseum's arena wall, to his left were rows upon rows of stone benches and every now and then stone staircases broke the smooth parallel stone work into sections.
		To his right were two competitors and the arena floor filled with dirt and sane and who knows what traps beneath the colosseum.
	boards.theforce.net /message.asp?topic=5032832 (1890 words)

	Discovery Channel - Colosseum
		The largest city in Italy, Rome is a charming metropolis, both rich in history and culture, dating back over 3000 years.
		In Rome’s olden days, it was famous for its magnificent Colosseum and gladiators, who were known to engage in barbaric fights on the Colosseum grounds.
		Today, Rome is a modern city and such acts no longer take place, but nevertheless, Rome’s past is still clearly present.
	www.discoverychannelasia.com /colosseum (75 words)

	The Historical Coliseum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Coliseum (Coloseum, Colosseum), was built during the reign of Emperor Vespasiano c.
		The Coliseum boasted seats of marble for the upper class, and benches of wood for the lower.
		Ramps within the arena made movement easy by the large crowds, and on a catwalk suspended above, trained archers were watchful and would shoot to avert disaster when an enraged animal would get out of hand.
	www.eliki.com /ancient/civilizations/roman (370 words)

	Gladiator Insights: October 22, 1998 Script Draft
		Lucilla conspires with Senators Gracchus and Gaius and Captain Marcellus in a dark corner of the Senate.
		Maximus and the other gladiators are in a slave cart on the way from the arena.
		Suddenly the arena is filled with Praetorians -- they block Maximus' exit from the arena -- the crowd boos -- horrified --
	www.patriotresource.com /gladiator/insights/981022/page4.html (2491 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		With that he slowly turns and walks down the steps to the arena sand.
		He sees that Lucius is now at the foot of the stairs, on the arena sand, gazing at him.
		COLOSSEUM - DAY From high above we see Maximus and Lucius riding out of the Colosseum and disappearing into the streets of Rome.
	members.fortunecity.com /rs8/script/gladiator_seconddraft.txt (16877 words)

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