After Vespasian became Roman Emperor in 69 A.D., his Flavian Dynasty— which included his sons, Titus and Domitian—launched a vast building program to restore Rome, which had been ravaged by fire, ...
The Colosseum is the most recognizable building surviving from the ancient world, and one specific claim about it has proved unusually durable: that the Romans filled it with water and staged naval ...
When the Colosseum opened its doors in A.D. 80, tens of thousands of Romans had the opportunity to stand alongside each other and watch a cavalcade of gruesome events. Before then, Roman leaders had ...
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