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  1. The Colosseum is an amphitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian emperors of the Roman Empire. It is also called the Flavian Amphitheatre. It is an elliptical structure made of stone, concrete, and tuff, and it stands four stories tall at its highest point.

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    The Colosseum is a giant amphitheater located in Rome, the capital of Italy. An amphitheater is a place of public contests or displays. It is an oval or round building with rising levels of seats arranged around a central open space. This space is called the arena and is meant for staging entertainment.
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    Col·os·se·um
    [ˌkäləˈsēəm]
    definition
    1. the name since medieval times of the Amphitheatrum Flavium, a vast amphitheater in Rome, begun by Vespasian c.AD 75. It held 50,000 spectators, its sections connected by an elaborate network of stairs, and was the scene of various kinds of combat.
    Origin
    from Latin, neuter of colosseus ‘gigantic’, from colossus (see colossus).
    col·i·se·um
    [ˌkäləˈsēəm]
    noun
    colosseum (noun)
    1. a large theater or stadium:
      "the Charlotte Coliseum"
    Origin
    mid 18th century (denoting a large ancient amphitheatre): from medieval Latin, alteration of Latin colosseum (see Colosseum). The sense ‘large public building, especially a theater or stadium’ dates from the early 19th century.
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