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The Colosseum (/ ˌ k ɒ l ə ˈ s iː ə m / KOL-ə-SEE-əm; Italian: Colosseo [kolosˈsɛːo], ultimately from Ancient Greek word "kolossos" meaning a large statue or giant) is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, just east of the Roman Forum. It is the largest ancient amphitheatre ever built, and is still the ...
The second Coliseum 1896 Democratic National Convention. The second Coliseum, in the Woodlawn neighborhood on the city's south side, had a difficult history. Initial construction began early in 1895 on a 14-acre (57,000 m 2) site of the World's Columbian Exposition, but on August 22, the incomplete structure collapsed, and builders had to start over. [3]
Though in ruins, the Flavian Amphitheatre, now known as the Colosseum, still stands today. The inaugural games were held, on the orders of the Roman Emperor Titus, to celebrate the completion in AD 80 (81 according to some sources) [1] of the Colosseum, then known as the Flavian Amphitheatre (Latin: Amphitheatrum Flavium).
The Colosseum opened in the year 80 A.D. and was the largest building in Rome at that time. The stadium held gladiator games where warriors would battle until their death, but those games were ...
Coin of Pescennius Niger, a Roman usurper who claimed imperial power AD 193–194. Legend: IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AVG. While the imperial government of the Roman Empire was rarely called into question during its five centuries in the west and fifteen centuries in the east, individual emperors often faced unending challenges in the form of usurpation and perpetual civil wars. [30]
Nearly 3,000 people died as a result of the ... in Chicago, Illinois. ... A woman reads about the terrorist attack on New York's World Trade Center with the Roman's ancient Colosseum in central ...
March 16: First Chicago death due to the COVID-19 pandemic; Governor J. B. Pritzker and Mayor Lori Lightfoot issue a stay at home order. Over 7,700 people in Chicago died in the pandemic. May 28 – June 1: George Floyd protests in Chicago; Population: 2,741,730. [75] 2021: The Chicago Sky won their first WNBA championship, defeating the ...
Roman Gabriel had big size and a big arm when he was the No. 2 draft pick of the Los Angeles Rams in 1962. Gabriel, the first Filipino-American quarterback in the NFL and the league MVP in 1969 ...