ocr: Colosseum, Italy About the Colosseum Kome's tamous giant arena was completed in the year 82. Built of stone and concrete, it measures 620 feet by 513 feet (190 m by 155 m) and once seated 50,000 spectators! Inancient times it was the scene ofgladiatorial combats and wild animal fights. It could even be filled with water for mock Dn naval battles. The emperor himself attended many of these COLOSSEUM bloody: spectacles.
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