The Colosseum was Imperial Romes monument to warfare. Like a cathedral of death it towered over the city & invited its citizens 50 000 at a time to watch murderous gladiatorial games. It is now visited by two million visitors a year (Hitler was among them). Award winning classicist Mary Beard with Keith Hopkins tell the story of Romes greatest arena: how it was built; the gladiatorial & other games that were held there; the training of the gladiators; the audiences who revelled in the games the emperors who staged them & the critics. & the strange after story
- the Colosseum has been fort store church & glue factory.