The Roman Colosseum

The fifth of the candidates for the contest Wonders of the Modern World is located at the center of the great city of Rome and is so famous that all we have ever seen: The Roman Colosseum.

Built in the first century the Colosseum is the result of the ambition of three generations of emperors which at that time was the largest empire on earth. What these emperors sought to sue the big building? Just fun and blood.

The Colosseum is divided into two, two and two sentiments , as antagonistic as old. Sands The building of this great real bloodbaths developed with fights between wild animals brought from all ends of the empire; sacrifices that prisoners and slaves were released to the wild animals and fights to the death between gladiators in search of glory