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How Did Vespasian Build The Roman Colosseum

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After the events of a very long and painful war most of the Roman population had suffered greatly. So as a gift emperor Vespasian started the construction of the Roman colosseum in 70 A.D to 72 A.D. Though sadly the eventual completion would not be seen by Vespasian because he died during the construction. All of the labor getting the stone and the construction were all done by the hands of slaves. The colosseum was eventually opened in 80 A.D by Vespasian 's son Titus. This was very appeasing to the citizens of Rome who were very excited about the opening. For hundreds the colosseum was a huge source of entertainment with its gladiator fights and animal battles. These were all going well until the colosseum started to see neglect that that

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