Colosseum

[Dianne]

The Colosseum is a historical theater located in Rome, Italy. In the days of the Roman Empire, emperors held public events in it. The Colosseum is an [elliptical] amphitheater which could seat up to 50,000 audience members, and had a special [Emperors] Box from which the king of Rome himself could witness the shows.
The Colosseum was used mainly for gladiator tournaments, war [reenactments], sea battle plays, and public executions. It also held occasional spectacles such as mock animal hunts, and dramas.

[Oralee]

The name since medieval times of the Amphitheatrum Flavium, a vast amphitheatre in Rome, begun c.75 AD.