Colosseum

The colosseum was easily my least favorite attraction in Rome. This was in part my fault - I went in the afternoon when it was hot, packed to the brim, and opted for an audio tour instead of an actual guide because I had already purchased so many guided tours in Rome. Beyond that, though, I found it very strange as a tourist attraction. It was a very deeply screwed up place where prisoners, including lots of Jews, were executed for public entertainment, as well as countless animals like lions and tigers. I saw online that over 400,000 people were executed there. I think if we didn’t glorify Rome so much this would be considered a stain on history and an embarrassment rather than a tourist attraction. It is also quite sad that the structure was basically stripped of all of its metals by Catholics in order to build other monuments like the Basilica.
With all that said, it is still an amazingly impressive structure and it’s wild that it is so ancient yet so similar to modern stadiums. It held 60,000 and apparently could have been emptied in 12 minutes. The structure and design is remarkably similar to what you would see today at a football game. One of my favorite aspects was seeing stones that “fans” had carved their names into thousands of years ago - wild that they have lasted so long. Also, a fun fact: Caesar never would have actually been to the colosseum because it was built about 100 years after he died, despite popular belief.Meer informatie