barouffas (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

amazing

misshacker23 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

can you please give me the Author, Director, Publisher, and Publication year of this vid? its for my school research project.

animefreak38 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

cleverly done.

CiaranMcVeigh (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I am unsure if it was altered substantially for each particular use. However I do know that the arena floor was used as a market place at one time and a road to the streets outside was built through part of the seating.

1HOLYDIVER1 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

i didnt know but it does sound like soemthing they would do... was it converted for all these different uses?

CiaranMcVeigh (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Glad to be of help. I visited Rome in 2004 and went to the Colloseum. Did you know the Nazis used it to store weapons when they occupied Italy in 1944?

1HOLYDIVER1 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

thank you i had no real idea about it's history so thanks for telling me

CiaranMcVeigh (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

It was sacked by the Visigoths in 410AD and the Colloseum sustained some damage at the time. Over the years it was used as a fortress, market place, monestry and dumping ground until the Pope stopped the destruction in the mid 1700's.

1HOLYDIVER1 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

who actually sacked rome?

CiaranMcVeigh (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

It is such a ruin in part because of several earthquakes in the 3rd and 4th centuries AD. Part of the outer wall collapsed as a result of one in the 3rd century. However the main reason why its such a ruin is a result of pillaging from the 5th century onwards. The Empire collapsed in the 5th century and the church asserted its power spelling the end of the Colloseum. Rome was sacked in the 5th century and as the arena was no longer used for big events ppl began to quarry it to rebuild the city.