Europe

This was another of our favorires! We took a tour that included walking on the floor and going underground to see and hear how events were orchestrated. This was very interesting and enlightening. The Colosseum felt much smaller than it looks but we also learned that there were 60 trap doors that could be used to "enhance" the show by injecting additional adversaries into the ring.

We also learned that events were carefully orchestrated all day affairs with animals slain in the morning, criminal executions at mid-day and gladiators fighting at night as the main event.

Historians do not believe christians were martyred here.

The pics include a replica of a trap door that, apparently, was added to the Colosseum for a visit by Obama!

Since the tour was at night, some of these pics are from the tour and others are pics we took on other days as we strolled in the area.En savoir plus