Example sentences for: colosseum

How can you use “colosseum” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Proposals to demolish this street and restore the unity of the whole archaeological zone from the Capitoline Hill to the Colosseum are often in the news.

  • To know its every crook and cranny is a daunting challenge, but concentrate on the ancient city around the Colosseum or the Vatican’s formidable complex, and come to know one age at a time.

  • A kilometer (about half a mile) south of the Colosseum, the huge third-century Baths of Caracalla (Terme di Caracalla) were built for 1,600 people to bathe in considerable style and luxury.

  • The name Colosseum , now usually taken to refer to its size, originally referred to the fact that the amphitheater was built adjacent to a huge statue (a colossus ) of the sun god that had been commissioned by Nero, allegedly in his own likeness.

  • The circular Pantheon (Piazza della Rotonda) is the best-preserved monument of ancient Rome and rivals the Colosseum in its combination of quiet elegance and sheer massive power.


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