A Monument to Dynasty and Death - The Story of Rome's Colosseum and the Emperors Who Built It

Nathan T. Elkins

Early one morning in 80 CE, the Colosseum roared to life with the deafening cheers of tens of thousands of spectators as the emperor, Titus, inaugurated the new amphitheater with one hundred days of bloody spectacles. These games were much anticipated, for the new amphitheater had been under constructio...