THE COLOSSEUM FROM LATE ANTIQUITY TILL THE END OF THE MIDDLE AGES : A CASE OF LOST IDENTITY
Abstract
From the moment the Amphitheatrum Flavium was finished it was felt that it surpassed the othermonumental buildings of Rome. Martial, who witnessed the building process during theprincipate of the Flavians and the inauguration in 80 A.D., emphasises the towering presence ofthe Colosseum I and rates it higher than established world wonders like the Pyramids, themarvels of Babylon and the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus.2 More than 17 centuries lateranother poet, Lord Byron, gives expression to the awe the Colosseum, though reduced to half ofits original bulk by forces of nature and human hands, still inspired in the 19th century, as it doestoday:
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2014-08-15
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