The Colosseum Images

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The Colosseum

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The Colosseum arena, showing the hypogeum now filled with walls. The walls were added early in the Colosseum's existence when it was decided it would no longer be flooded and used for naval battles. (Source)

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A view of the interior of the Colosseum; clearing showing the hypogeum (Greek for "underground") (Source)

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Ave Imperator, morituri te salutant (Hail, Cesar, those who will die salute you), by Jean-Lon Grme, 1859 (Source)

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Pollice Verso (Thumbs Down) by Jean-Lon Grme, 1872 (Source)

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Aerial view of the Colosseum, 2021 (Source)

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Colosseum under renovation, 2015 (Source)

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The Christian Martyrs' Last Prayer, by Jean-Lon Grme (1883) (Source)

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View of the interior of the Colosseum, by C. W. Eckersberg (1815) (Source)

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Cross dedicated to the Christian martyrs, placed in 2000 by Pope John Paul II. (Source)

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Diagram of the levels of seating (Source)

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Overview of the interior of the Colosseum in a 1776 engraving by Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Source)

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Interior of the Colosseum by late nineteenth century photographer Francis Frith (Source)

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The Colosseum in 2008 (Source)

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Sestertius of Titus celebrating the inauguration of the Colosseum (minted 80 AD). (Source)

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A map of central Rome during the Roman Empire, with the Colosseum at the upper right corner (Source)

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Cross-section from the Lexikon der gesamten Technik (1904) (Source)

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Map of medieval Rome depicting the Colosseum (Source)

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The Colosseum in a 1757 engraving by Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Source)

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1870 view emphasizing the semi-rural environs of the Colosseum at the time (Source)

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Allied troops consult a guidebook outside the Colosseum after liberation in 1944 (Source)

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Interior of the Colosseum, Rome (1832) by Thomas Cole, showing the Stations of the Cross around the arena and the extensive vegetation (Source)

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One of many Colosseum feral cats (Source)

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The exterior of the Colosseum, showing the partially intact outer wall (left) and the mostly intact inner wall (center and right) (Source)

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Superposed order of the Colosseum (Source)

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Entrance LII of the Colosseum, with Roman numerals still visible (Source)

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The raked areas that once held seating (Source)

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