Chapter 1754: The Killing Fields of Ancient Rome
The Colosseum, formerly known as the Flavi Amphitheater and the Roman Colosseum, was built in 72 AD and was a place in the ancient Roman Empire for slave owners, aristocrats and freedmen to watch the fight of beasts or slave fights.
Located in the center of Rome, the capital of Italy, in the southeast of Piazza Venezia and near the Roman Market, this huge Colosseum is one of the symbols of ancient Roman civilization and a city card of Rome.
From the outside, the Colosseum is perfectly circular, and from above, it is oval.
It covers an area of about 20,000 square meters, with a length of about 188 meters on the long axis, about 156 meters on the short axis, a circumference of about 527 meters, and a wall height of about 57 meters.
Of course, the modern Colosseum is in a dilapidated state and no longer in its glory.
It has become a famous historical site in the city of Rome, attracting countless tourists from all over the world every year, relying on the splendor and civilization of ancient Rome, completely losing its original gladiatorial arena function.
Even so, standing in front of or walking through the ruins of the Colosseum, one can still hear the constant shouts, cheers and applause coming from the Colosseum.
But more often than not, the roars of the gladiators and the beasts, the gladiators and the gladiators, and the terrible screams of despair and anguish and the imminent death of the menace.
Even the air here seems to be filled with a strong smell of blood, and although it has been nearly two thousand years, it has never dissipated!
Coming out of the parking lot and walking to the ruins of the Colosseum, Ye Tian and the others stopped one after another, raised their heads, and began to appreciate this famous historical site that symbolizes ancient Roman civilization!
The Colosseum that appeared in front of them had long since ceased to be glorious and dilapidated, with only half of the skeleton remaining, and the rest had collapsed into ruins or been destroyed by various natural disasters**.
Most of the remaining skeletons are also scarred and mottled everywhere, saying that they are famous historical relics, but in fact they are not much different from ruins, just ruins that are fenced and charged.
But from the remaining ruins, people can still see the majestic and majestic momentum of the Colosseum, and can also see the scenery and strength of the ancient Roman Empire.
"Wow! It's so spectacular, it's hard to imagine how people built such a huge Colosseum in ancient Rome 2,000 years ago?
"Standing here, I seem to be able to hear the sound of gladiators fighting wildly, and the next second, the gladiators who are leading the uprising in Sparta seem to rush out of the Colosseum!"
Betty and Anderson said with emotion, everyone was completely shocked by the famous historical site in front of them, and they looked at the Colosseum ruins in front of them in amazement.
Ye Tian turned his head to look at them, then said with a smile:
"How was the Colosseum built? It was a huge Colosseum that the Roman Emperor forced 80,000 Arab and Jewish prisoners of war to build over a period of eight years, and it was made of the lives and flesh of the prisoners of war.
And that's not all, when the Colosseum was completed in 80 AD, the Romans held a 100-day celebration ceremony, and what they called the celebration was a series of extremely crazy bloody battles.
The ancient Roman rulers drove 5,000 beasts and 3,000 slaves, prisoners of war, and criminals into the Colosseum to fight, and this kind of crazy battle between men and beasts lasted for 100 days.
The celebration did not end until the 5,000 beasts and 3,000 gladiators were killed and wounded, and all of them were killed, and it can be said that every handful of dirt here was soaked in blood."
"I'll go! This is too cruel, a hundred days of crazy fighting, that kind of scene is unimaginable, it must be bloody to the extreme!"
Anderson exclaimed directly, his expression quite exaggerated.
Everyone else was the same, and they all shuddered at the thought of the tragic scene of thousands of beasts and thousands of gladiators fighting together frantically, just trying to live for a second longer.
So, although the ancient Roman Empire was great and desirable, it was not so perfect, especially for the slaves and prisoners of war at that time, it was the most terrible hell.
Not to mention that, let's go and buy tickets to visit the Colosseum, and when we enter the Colosseum, I think we will be able to see another different scenery, I am very much looking forward to it."
Ye Tian said with a smile, and then walked towards the entrance of the Colosseum with Betty.
Anderson: They immediately followed, and everyone was in high spirits and anticipation.
It's already afternoon, and there aren't many people waiting in line to enter the Colosseum, only thirty or fifty from all over the world.
In addition, some tourists avoided Ye Tian for safety reasons, and when they saw them coming, these tourists immediately changed their plans and did not plan to enter the Colosseum to visit.
Therefore, Ye Tian and the others did not have to wait in line for long, and they had successfully entered the Colosseum.
As Ye Tian said, when they entered the Colosseum, what appeared in front of them was another more spectacular scene.
Especially when they stood on the stone steps in front of the gladiatorial arena and looked at the whole scene, each of them was completely shocked by what they saw in front of them.
This imposing Colosseum is oval-shaped, like two semi-circular stages butting each other, covering a huge area, with a sizable gladiatorial arena in the middle, which is the stage where gladiators and beasts fight.
The cellar under the gladiatorial arena where gladiators and beasts were held was all exposed, and the floor that had been covered with it had long since decayed and disappeared.
Around the gladiatorial platform, there are four levels of stands.
Depending on the status of the spectators, the Colosseum stands are divided into three zones and can accommodate more than 90,000 spectators, which is comparable in size to the largest stadium in the world today.
Ascending the 60-storey grandstand to the top of the grandstand is the towering façade that rises to a height of 57 meters, equivalent to the height of a nineteen-story building.
On the lower three floors of the stands, each floor has 80 arches made of bricks and stones, arranged in a neat and orderly manner, and the ancient arches look like dense beehives, and the scene is magnificent.
Moreover, the columns in front of these arches are very distinctive, from bottom to top, in the standard order of Doric, Ionic and Corinthian, which is a tribute to the inheritance and respect of ancient Greek civilization.
The fourth floor of the Colosseum stands are decorated with a large number of small windows and pilasters, due to the age, as well as various natural disasters, the fourth layer of the stands are the most seriously damaged, and there is little left.
Standing inside the entrance of the Colosseum, looking at the magnificent ruins of the ancient building in front of them, Ye Tian and each of them were shocked and excited.
At this time, in their minds, they couldn't help but have such a blood-boiling scene.
It was a scene of Spartacus fighting with a lion or a tiger, a life-and-death contest!
Spartacus, wearing an iron helmet and holding a shield, and a sword in his right hand, stood in the center of the gladiatorial arena, his eyes fixed on the lion or tiger that swooped down on him!
At the moment when the lion or tiger swooped in the air, Spartacus attacked like lightning, swinging the sword in his hand and stabbing directly at the beast's vital point.
The next moment, the beast that had been dancing with its teeth and claws didn't even let out a shout, and fell to the ground with a bang and died in the center of the gladiatorial platform.
The surging blood quickly stained the entire gladiatorial arena red, and also ignited everyone's passion!
Seeing this bloody scene, nearly 100,000 spectators in the Colosseum immediately screamed wildly, applause, cheers, and stomping sounds, resounding in the sky!
The noise was like a volcanic eruption, and thousands of arms in the stands were waving wildly, like the most terrible waves in the raging ocean.
Spartacus, who had just slain the beast, had a chest that rose and fell sharply, large beads of sweat rolling down his pale cheeks, and his glittering eyes burned with the joy of victory.
However, this joy is fleeting.
In its place, there is endless pain and sorrow, and unforgettable hatred, and the unyielding fighting spirit that has never been extinguished and is burning stronger and stronger!
Two thousand years have passed in the blink of an eye.
Those momentary figures in history have long ceased to be turned into loess, and those glorious eras have long been sealed in the history books, only for future generations to remember and pay tribute to.
However, the city wall full of years of vicissitudes still stands majestically, telling people a legendary story that can be sung and cried.