Emperors traditionally attended the games.
When the Colosseum first opened, the emperor Titus celebrated with a hundred days of gladiatorial games. The sheer number of entrances proved to be necessary: the Colosseum could hold more than 50,000 spectators at its maximum capacity. The massive structure measured approximately 189 by 156 meters (620 by 513 feet), towered four stories high, and included eighty entrances to the amphitheater-seventy-six for the patrons, two for participants of events, and two exclusively for the emperor to use.
It opened nearly a decade later and was modified several times in the following years. It was built during the reign of the Flavian emperors as a gift to the Roman people.Ĭonstruction of the Colosseum began sometime between C.E. The Colosseum, also named the Flavian Amphitheater, is a large amphitheater in Rome.
