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To: It'salmosttolate
There is no coliseum in Rome. There is, however, a Colosseum.
59 posted on 12/30/2001 10:14:10 AM PST by Romulus
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To: Romulus
There is no coliseum in Rome. There is, however, a Colosseum.

There is no Colosseum in my Random House Webster's. There is, however, a coliseum: "a large building for sporting events, exhibitions, etc." .

Coward that I am, I checked before posting my # 56. But I defer to the mighty Romulus ... in matters Romeous.

78 posted on 12/30/2001 3:04:01 PM PST by aculeus
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To: Romulus
Actually (pushing my nerdy glasses further up the bridge of my nerdy nose) it's the Flavian Amphitheater...or Amphitheatre if you're British.
89 posted on 07/12/2003 11:55:02 AM PDT by wimpycat (Down with Kooks and Kookery!)
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