How Many People Could the Ancient Colosseum in Rome Hold?

Answer: According to BBC’s website, about 50,000 adult men.

Constructed in the 70s CE, the ancient elliptical amphitheatre was originally called the Amphitheatrum Flavium, and was the largest stadium in the Roman Empire.

The Book of Revelation, in its imagery and themes, was, in part, modeled on the grotesque spectacles of combat that took place in the Roman stadium, and in other stadiums like it throughout the Empire.

See this quite extraordinary book at Amazon for more on the connection between the Book of Revelation and the Colosseum: http://www.amazon.com/Spectacles-Empire-Revelation-Divinations-Rereading/dp/0812238222/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1220150222&sr=8-1

About Santi Tafarella

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164 Responses to How Many People Could the Ancient Colosseum in Rome Hold?

  1. unatomous says:

    actually the colosseum seated 50,000 i researched it and found it in a book at the library.

  2. unatomous says:

    this is still the same person i just forgot to ad somthing

    actually the colosseum seated 50,000 i researched it and found it in a book at the library

  3. unatomous says:

    umm here we go this is the bibiliography of the book

    it was this book

    Ancient Civilizations written by Scott Donn in 1990 published by Thomas Nelson AUstralia , South Melbourne

  4. maria says:

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  5. maria says:

    i’m actaully learning about that in my history class this year…. i’m learning things about the colosseum i neva knew. thats really cool 🙂

    • skizz says:

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      • Anonymous says:

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      • Michelle LeVeaux says:

        Kudos to Anonymous! But not so soon ……………after all of that, you’ll need to go to summer school and retake grammar and composition. You might also want to add a semester of “etiquette”, which covers “common courtesy” or “how to fuckin’ act”. That’s for both of you by the way!

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  6. Ashley Bay Bay says:

    Yes! i am doing a research paper on the colosseum and many different websites says different things so but the nimber i keep getting the most is 50,000 so im ago with that hope to vist there 1 day

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  14. Autumn says:

    I researched it and the colosseum could hold 50,000 I read it in class and in books and all dat stuff

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  21. Bigstig101 says:

    Is that seats or what about the floor like at a concert. I bet it could hold a least another five

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    50,000 adult men? That would equate to 59,000 adult women, roughly! Just sayin’! Like if they held a massive Tupperware party or an adult toys party (usually only women attend such). Since I’m on the subject, say everyone of those adult men had a date on their lap (dream on), well you can do the math for that one yourselves.

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  96. Anonymous says:

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