Posted on 01/24/2015 3:48:35 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Romans had a good sense of humor.
Nice link, thanks! The original large circus in Rome used wood for the risers or bleachers, and most of its construction, and went in the fire of Nero. It was rebuilt as the Circus Maximus, with much more stone. Some of that was quarried out over the centuries for use in new construction, some of it remains visible, some of it sank into the swamp.
The first barbarians into the city must have been amazed by what they found, and must have figured the city was filled with great wealth. The started a group called Occupy Rome, and stayed there until they realized there was nothing to sack. :’) My favorite painting of it, Louis Alma-Tadema’s, is a time-travel fantasy, but shows his idea (or borrowed idea) of the sun shade mechanisms up at the top of the structure:
http://www.hoocher.com/Sir_Lawrence_Alma-Tadema/Alma_Tadema_The_Coliseum.jpg
Sir, this gentleman has tickets for those seats. You’ll have to move.
Tods sponsored this? Great! I now have additional justification for my Tods driving shoe fetish...
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