An Imposing Spectacle!

Twenty centuries ago emperors set up an Amphitheatre for people’s distraction


Entry was free, but people had to get tickets to know which entrance to use and where to sit on the
steps inside. And, of course, people could only enter the area meant for their social class. You
can still see 29 numbers that mark places on some entrance arches. Did you know that there are 80
arches on each floor? 76 of them were for ordinary people and the remaining four were for the
emperor and other VIPs.


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crowded, the spot would feel like a big football stadium today.








Four thriving centuries passed before earthquakes struck! But you can see how this place looked
thanks to white stone markers on the floor. Imagine, foundations as deep as five floor house are
hidden underground!