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Amphitheatrum Flavium The Colosseum Amphitheatrum Flavium

Statistics Seating capacity: 50,000 Number of entrances: 80 (76 used by public; 2 by gladiators; 1 by magistrates; 1 by emperor)

Emperor’s box Emperor’s entrance N Magistrates’ box Magistrates’ entrance Porta Libitinensis ‘Gate of Death’ Underneath this entrance were two spiral staircases down to a tunnel leading to the Ludus Magnus. Porta Triumphalis Where pompa enters Emperor’s box Emperor’s entrance

Augustus’s segregation of social classes in amphitheatres The Vestal Virgins have special seats on the podium facing the magistrates’ box Special places for: Visiting ambassadors & diplomats Soldiers Married men Adolescent noblemen & their tutors Women (on the 4th - highest - level) Poor commoners Foreigners Slaves Augustus introduced a system of numbered seats: everyone going was given a token (tessera) telling them which seat had been reserved for them.

Detail of magistrates’ entrance from bas-relief from Tomb of the Haterii, Rome Magistrates’ entrance on north side.

Vomitoria (entrances to the cavea) Podium Ramps Lifts

Seating in the cavea (auditorium) of the Colosseum Lowest class wood used for this level to reduce outward thrust on wall. Ordinary citizens (plebs): divided into numbered sections, known as wedges (cunei) Equestrian class: 8 or 9 marble terraces Also known as podium. Four broad marble steps with chairs reserved for VIPs: senators & their guests

Lift system for animals from the time of Titus

Lift system from the time of Domitian

Brackets & 3 of the 240 holes in the cornice for the wooden posts from which the vela (awning) was suspended. It was operated by an estimated 1000 sailors

Wall painting from Pompeii, showing the riot of 59 AD between the Pompeians & Nucerians, which resulted in it being closed on Nero’s orders for ten years. The painting is unique in showing an amphitheatre with its awning extended.

Amphitheatre, Pompeii