Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . COLOSSEUM. erected by Vespasian, appears to have been originally I 2. 5), and was capable of containing 87,000 per- designed by Augustus. (Suet. Vesp. 9.) It stood | sons. (^Notitia, Reg. iii.) A complete description on tlie site previously occupied by the lake of Nero, I of this magnificent building will be found in tlie between the Velia and the Esquiline. (Mart. Sped. \ Dictionary of Antiquities, and need not be re-. GROUXD PLAN OF THE COLOSSEUM. peated here, ft was not completely erected, tillthe reign of Dumitian ; though Titus dedicated itin the
Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . COLOSSEUM. erected by Vespasian, appears to have been originally I 2. 5), and was capable of containing 87,000 per- designed by Augustus. (Suet. Vesp. 9.) It stood | sons. (^Notitia, Reg. iii.) A complete description on tlie site previously occupied by the lake of Nero, I of this magnificent building will be found in tlie between the Velia and the Esquiline. (Mart. Sped. \ Dictionary of Antiquities, and need not be re-. GROUXD PLAN OF THE COLOSSEUM. peated here, ft was not completely erected, tillthe reign of Dumitian ; though Titus dedicated itin the year 80. (Suet. Tit. 7 ; Aur. Vict. 7.) In the reign of Macrinus it was so muchdamaged by a fire, occasioned by lightning, that itwas necetoary to exhibit the gladiatm-es and vena-tJAnes for several years in the Stadium. (Dion 25.) The restoration was undertaken by I-llagabalus, and completed by Alexander Severus.(Lampr. Hel. 17, Alex. 24.) It suffered a similarcalamity under Decius (Ilieron. Chron. p. 475);but the damage was again made good, and vena-tiones, or combats with wild beasts, were exhibitedin it as late as the 6th century. In the middleages it was converted into a fortress; and at a laterperiod a great part of it was destroyed by the ROMA. Romans themselves, in order to build the Cancel-leria and the Palazzo Farnese with the , however, is still left to render it one of tlie ROMA. 847 most strikin;:; and
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