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February 5, 2008
Flavian Amphitheater - the long axis
Layers of Rome went to the Flavian Amphitheater (the Colosseum) yesterday - I was pretty pleased with how this picture came out as a photograph. The partial arena floor is a restoration made for the 2000 Jubilee; I think it helps understand the building a lot -before the floor went in it was possible to misunderstand the substructure as having been visible. They also had some great models of mechanisms for animal lifting - none of those pictures came out very well. We're looking here down the long axis. The imperial box was to our right and the Vestal Virgins to the left on the short axis.
Posted by CrankyProfessor at February 5, 2008 1:24 PM