{"id":950,"date":"2020-05-26T06:02:33","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T06:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/colosseum.info\/?page_id=950"},"modified":"2020-10-23T11:40:46","modified_gmt":"2020-10-23T11:40:46","slug":"flavian-dynasty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/colosseum.info\/es\/flavian-dynasty\/","title":{"rendered":"DINAST\u00cdA FLAVIA"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The first permanent amphitheatre.<\/h4>\n
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Before the colosseum was built, gladiator combat was held in the Roman Forum.\u00a0 On festival days temporary barriers and seating were erected for the spectators.\u00a0 Some animal hunts also took place in the forum, but these were usually held in the Circus Maximus.\u00a0 During the end of the Republic, the building of entertainment structures had become problematic.\u00a0 Whoever gave built theatres and stadiums would be loved unconditionally by the people!\u00a0 Pompey was the first to build a permanent stone theatre where theatrical plays and some animal hunts were held.\u00a0 Vespasian\u2019s plan to get the people of Rome certainty worked!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Who built the Colosseum?<\/h4>\n
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Unlike Nero, the emperor <\/span>Vespasian <\/b>supported the authority of the senate and concentrated on public welfare. He and his sons (<\/span>Titus<\/b> and <\/span>Domitian<\/b>) came to be known as the <\/span>DINAST\u00cdA FLAVIA<\/b>.\u00a0 Vespasian was not from an aristocratic family and he discouraged the excesses of the Roman court that the previous ruler had been so well known for. Naturally, the idea of gifting Nero\u2019s land to the citizens of Rome was a welcome idea. This symbolic gesture was the beginning of the Colosseum.\u00a0 It was Vespasian who commissioned the building of <\/span>the first permanent Amphitheatre<\/b> in Rome on the site of Nero\u2019s <\/span>stagnum <\/span><\/i>or lake. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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The Flavian amphitheatre (The Colosseum)<\/h4>\n
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Unlike Nero, the emperor <\/span>Vespasian <\/b>supported the authority of the senate and concentrated on public welfare. He and his sons (<\/span>Titus<\/b> and <\/span>Domitian<\/b>) came to be known as the <\/span>DINAST\u00cdA FLAVIA<\/b>.\u00a0 Vespasian was not from an aristocratic family and he discouraged the excesses of the Roman court that the previous ruler had been so well known for. Naturally, the idea of gifting Nero\u2019s land to the citizens of Rome was a welcome idea. This symbolic gesture was the beginning of the Colosseum.\u00a0 It was Vespasian who commissioned the building of <\/span>the first permanent Amphitheatre<\/b> in Rome on the site of Nero\u2019s <\/span>stagnum <\/span><\/i>or lake. <\/span><\/p>\n

Construction began under Vespasian, he gave the orders to drain and destroy the lake of Nero\u2019s palace.\u00a0 When he died in 79AD, the structure was almost complete.\u00a0 It was Titus who would finish the actual superstructure, a promise he made at Vespasian\u2019s funeral.\u00a0 Increasing the number of workmen, he gave orders that they must work 24 hours a day to finish the construction.\u00a0 When the building was inaugurated in 80 AD it wasn\u2019t the building we know today, the last tier did not exist and the <\/span>\u2018underground\u2019<\/span> or hypogeum had not yet been built.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is Vespasian\u2019s son Domitian who is responsible for the building we visit today.\u00a0 Some ten years after the inauguration, work continued.\u00a0 The height of the colosseum was extended providing more seating at the top for the poorest elements of society.\u00a0 But more exciting for the ancient spectators (and us) is what was built underneath the arena.\u00a0 It was under Domitian that special effects became a permanent part of the games.\u00a0 He excavated underneath the arena, constructing corridors that would hold the system of elevators, ramps and pulleys that would allow animals and men to pop up onto any part of the arena.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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The Colosseum\u2019s opening games<\/h4>\n
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Titus inaugurated the Flavian Amphitheater (Colosseum) in 80 AD with a bang – 100 consecutive days of games or Ludi. These would set the tone for imperial games at the Colosseum thereafter. At the inauguration games there was spectacle after spectacle of animal hunts, executions and gladiator fights to entertain the people. All given for free by the emperor Titus who arranged for wooden balls inscribed with gifts or cash prizes to be thrown into the crowd.
\nThere was seemingly no end to the various wild and exotic animals that were put on display during the venationes; most meeting their end in the arena after being hunted by venators. Criminals were thrown to wild animals in the arena, or their executions were made into fantastical shows. The gladiator battles were the main event and peak of entertainment for the crowd.
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Explora m\u00e1s<\/h2>\n
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VIRTUAL TOUR<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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