Here is the Colosseum in Rome, still the largest standing amphitheater in the world. It was built by the Emperors Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian, known as the Flavian Dynasty, and so is also called the Flavian Amphitheater. It could hold over 50,000 spectators, making it comparable to today’s stadiums in size! They also had a ‘roof’: sails that could be deployed over the top to shade the spectators. They even staged mock sea battles, where they flooded the floor of the stadium to create a ‘sea’.
Here is the Colosseum in Rome, still the largest standing amphitheater in the world. It was built by the Emperors Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian, known as the Flavian Dynasty, and so is also called the Flavian Amphitheater. It could hold over 50,000 spectators, making it comparable to today’s stadiums in size! They also had a ‘roof’: sails that could be deployed over the top to shade the spectators. They even staged mock sea battles, where they flooded the floor of the stadium to create a ‘sea’.