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Colosseum
Colosseum Ampitheatre in Rome, built ad 72–81 by the Emperor Vespasian. One of the most awe-inspiring examples of ancient Roman architecture, it measures 189 × 156m (620 × 513ft) by 45.7m (150ft) high, and seated
c.50,000 people. Citizens of Rome came here to watch gladiatorial contests and, according to tradition, the martyrdom of Christians.
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Colosseum Online to Offer High-Speed Wireless Broadband Services Through Agreement With Fuzion.
Business Wire; 2/14/2001; 700+ words
; ...Wireless Internet Connectivity Enables Colosseum To Break the Bandwidth Bottleneck in the Local Loop Colosseum Online, a Toronto-based Internet service...Inc. announced an agreement enabling Colosseum to deliver first-mile broadband solutions...
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The Roman Colosseum.(The Modern Wonders)
Magazine article from: Faces: People, Places, and Cultures; 7/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...emperor Vespasian (A.D. 69-79), the Colosseum was officially dedicated the year after...by his son and successor. Titus. The Colosseum was not completed, however, until A...gladiatorial combats and other games held in the Colosseum increased as each emperor attempted to...
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`GLADIATOR' COLOSSEUM WAS ALMOST A VIRTUAL RE-CREATION.(PREVIEW)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 5/11/2000; 697 words
; ...in about A.D. 180, when Rome's Colosseum was already a century old. Meticulously...magnificent, yes, but well-used. The Colosseum, at the heart of the $100 million epic...in movies. ``Where could we find a Colosseum?'' executive producer Walter F. Parkes...
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VIDEO: Cher to Headline the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas.
PR Newswire; 2/11/2008; 700+ words
; ...she will headline in Las Vegas at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace beginning May 6. To...over a span of three years. Cher at The Colosseum, an impressive spectacle designed exclusively...prestigious entertainment address, The Colosseum, joining Bette Midler and Elton John...
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The Colosseum
Magazine article from: Healthcare Design; 10/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...building profile in the world: the Colosseum. Rome has much to offer in displaying...able to tour the fabled interior of the Colosseum, something we yearned to do after circumventing...In a nutshell, we thought that the Colosseum was well over 2,000 years old and had...
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Rome's Colosseum could be built from Temple loot
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 9/2/2001; ; 662 words
; ...Post 09-02-2001 Headline: Rome's Colosseum could be built from Temple loot Byline...WASHINGTON - Construction of Rome's Colosseum may have been paid for partly with booty...be a fragmentary inscription from the Colosseum floor, classics professor Louis Feldman...
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City Life: Rome: Why all roads lead again to the Colosseum
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 7/26/2001; ; 700+ words
; ON THE grimy outer wall of the Colosseum, at the first-storey level, is a...Arena, which tells the story of the Colosseum, inside its own walls, for the first...in many ways he is a metaphor for the Colosseum. The monument has been photographed...
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Luciano Pavarotti In Concert The Colosseum at Caesars Palace.
Business Wire; 1/13/2004; 700+ words
; ...with an exclusive performance at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on Saturday, February...Luciano Pavarotti would choose The Colosseum at Caesars Palace to make his first performance...Pavarotti in an intimate venue such as The Colosseum makes this performance a truly unique...
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Death Penalty Opposed at Colosseum
News Wire article from: AP Online; 7/27/2000; 331 words
; ...27-2000 Death Penalty Opposed at Colosseum ROME (AP) -- Golden lights illuminated the stone arches of the Colosseum on Thursday, Rome's way of celebrating...in Uganda. City officials lit the Colosseum to recognize Uganda's decision on...
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Cher to Headline in Las Vegas at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace.
Magazine article from: Entertainment Close-up; 2/12/2008; 700+ words
; ...Cher to Headline in Las Vegas at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia...she will headline in Las Vegas at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, beginning May 6...over a span of three years. Cher at The Colosseum, a spectacle designed exclusively for...
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Colosseum
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Colosseum or Coliseum , Ital. Colosseo, common name...Christians were thrown there to beasts. The Colosseum has been damaged several times by earthquakes...See J. Pearson, Arena: The Story of the Colosseum (1974).
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Roman architecture
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...chiefly to the period between 100 BC and AD 300, including the Colosseum (AD 70-82), the Pantheon (AD 118-125; see under pantheon...the stage itself. For the oval amphitheaters such as the colosseum, there are no known Greek precedents. The monumental or...
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Batoni, Pompeo
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists
...antique setting; one of his most celebrated works shows the sitter in spectacular Highland dress against a backdrop of the Colosseum ( Colonel William Gordon , 1766, Fyvie Castle, Aberdeenshire, NT). Batoni's characterization is not profound, but...
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Burton, Decimus
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
...s supervision he designed Cornwall and Clarence Terraces, Regent's Park. At the age of 23 he designed and built the Colosseum, Regent's Park (1823–7), a vast Pantheon -like domed structure bigger than the dome of St Paul's Cathedral...
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urban design
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
...apartments (see insula) bounded by streets, and buildings for large numbers of spectators were erected (e.g., the Colosseum, Rome). By the standards of Antiquity, Rome was a true metropolis, requiring major engineering works to provide it with...
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