Ancient Engineering S02E01 · Earliest Arenas: The Colosseum

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Since their earliest existence in ancient Greek and Roman civilizations stadiums have been regarded as architectural masterpieces and focal points in their surrounding cities but non more so than the Colosseum in Rome.

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