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My one concession to photographing the Colloseum. Sadly, there were no Coke machines, tigers, or land mines. On the plus side, no Mickey Rourke with his shirt off, either. Taken on my recent trip to Italy.
It has always been said that Christians were killed in the forum, mauled by lions and other animals, for the enjoyment of the secular society that Rome was.
We went on a tour with an authentic guide (I say 'authentic' as there are quite a few going-solos outside the Coliseum who hanker after your custom, and this gets quite irritating). This lady told us many interesting facts about the coliseum, including the fact that Christians, to their knowledge, had never been killed in the Coliseum, no humans ever wer. Only animals and gladiators fought in the arena.
It was either gladiator against gladiator, gladiator against animal, or animal against animal. Elephants, giraffes, monkeys, lions.. you name it, they were brought into the arena and forced to fight. There would be a noticeably weaker opponent always. Not very nice, so brutal. But that is mankind for you!
These are chambers (if I can call them that) beneath the arena inside the colloseum - where the artists and animals were staged before their entry. There are levels in here.
Colloseum - Rome
Blazing Productions : : Forum Europae
Label/Mailorder + Forum with a focus on the preservation and celebration of Indo-European Spirituality and Culture.