zza, elliptical in shape, paved with slabs oftravertine, which surrounds the building to a distance of 60 feet:the amphitheatre itself measuring 188 X 156 metres, the majoraxis of the ellipse lying almost due east and west. The materialsused are travertine for the exterior and the parts which… … Fig. 24. Ground plan of the Colosseum. substructures forming a system of passages and chambers, in whichwild beasts were kept and raised by elevators through trap-doorsduring the venationes. There is also an elaborate system of drains:but it is a mistake to suppose that these w^ere used in…
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