By: P.R. Year 5B
NAME: Roman Colosseum
CITY: Rome
COUNTRY: Italy
CAPITAL CITY: Rome
CONTINENT: Europe
LANGUAGE SPOKEN: Italian
INFORMATION ABOUT THE MONUMENT:
- The Roman Coliseum is in Rome
- In 29 BC the Roman consul Statilius Taurus built an amphitheater in the Campo de Mars, the first large amphitheater in the city.
- The original name of the Colosseum was Amphitheater Flavium (Flavian Amphitheatre), and it was given that name because it was built in the reign of the emperors of the Flavian dynasty, after the reign of Emperor Nero.
