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Colosseum Interior, 2014

Passageways and chambers existed below the Colosseum's arena floor. Here both gladiators and animals waited, ready to fight.

Tags: amphitheatre, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Arches, Arena, Athletics, Byzantium, Cities, City, Colosseum, Competition, Culture, Early Middle Ages, Entertainment, Entertainment Space, Fall of Rome, Interior, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Monuments, Passageways, Roman City, Roman Culture, roman empire, Rome, Spectacle, Spectator, Sports, Stadium, Urbanism

Colosseum Interior 2, 2014

Tags: amphitheatre, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Arches, Arena, Athletics, Byzantium, Cities, City, Colosseum, Competition, Culture, Early Middle Ages, Entertainment, Entertainment Space, Fall of Rome, Interior, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Monuments, Roman City, Roman Culture, roman empire, Rome, Spectacle, Spectator, Sports, Stadium, Urbanism

Subterranean Passageway in Colosseum, 2014

Tags: amphitheatre, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Arena, Athletics, Byzantium, Chambers, Cities, City, Colosseum, Competition, Culture, Early Middle Ages, Entertainment, Entertainment Space, Fall of Rome, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Monuments, Passageways, Roman City, Roman Culture, roman empire, Rome, Spectacle, Spectator, Sports, Stadium, Tunnels, Urbanism

Colosseum Restoration Inscription, 2016

Although built in 75 CE, Emperors and magistrates continued restoring the Colosseum throughout the Late Antique era. Inscriptions, such as this one,…

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Byzantium, Cities, Colosseum, Culture, Early Middle Ages, Entertainment, Epigraphy, Fall of Rome, Inscription, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Monuments, Patronage, Restoration, roman empire, Rome, Urbanism

Obelisk of Theodosius, 2016

This monument was erected in the hippodrome at Constantinople in 390CE. Originally, it was made for Thutmose III (1479-1425 BCE) of Egypt, but…

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Athletics, Byzantium, Circus, Cities, City, Competition, Constantinople, Early Middle Ages, Entertainment, Fall of Rome, Hippodrome, Horse Racing, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Monuments, Obelisk, Race Track, Racing, Roman Culture, roman empire, Spectacle, Sports, Theodosius, Urbanism

Obelisk of Theodosius Relief, 2016

The relief on the obelisk carved into the pedestal shows the Emperor Theodosius and his sons reigning over barbarians. Once again, reinforcing the…

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Athletics, Byzantium, Circus, Cities, City, Competition, Constantinople, Early Middle Ages, Entertainment, Fall of Rome, Hippodrome, Horse Racing, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Monuments, Obelisk, Race Track, Racing, Roman Culture, roman empire, Spectacle, Sports, Theodosius, Urbanism