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Some coliseums were large enough to support multiple ships and crew in naval battle performances. They also were equipped to flood the floor area with enough water for the ships as well as to drain the area afterwards.
No, there isn't sand on the floor of the colosseum because there is no floor. What was once was the floor is gone. When you visit it you look down into what was under the floor originally. When the Romans used the colosseum they could flood the floor to have sea battles.
All of those cultures had origin stories that included the idea of a massive flood.
The Roman sewers were mostly drainage canals. They drained flood prone valleys between the hills and near the river Tiber, which often flooded. Despite this, some areas of the city remained vulnerable to the floods of the Tiber. The sewers were also built to reclaim swampy areas. Very few houses were connected to the sewers. They were hardly used for sanitation.
The Colosseum was a huge building that held gladiator fights and lots of entertainment for the king and the people of Rome.Now days people say they hold concerts and differant things for people.I hope this all helped its all true.A stadium in Ancient Rome, built by the romans and used for games, it still stands today in the modern city of Rome, although it is missing a portion of one side of its walls.
The colosseum was a marvel of Roman technology. It had multiple levels, water fountains, bathrooms, a cover to shade people when the sun was too hot, and a system of pullies that could lift animals into the arena floor. Some historians think that it was also possible to flood the arena floor for sea battles. The primary materials it was made from was cement.
All three cultures had origin stories that included the idea of a massive flood.
The Romans built a vast network of roads around the empire and many bridges and ports. They also built dams for flood control or for irrigation and aqueducts to bring water from the sources on the mountains to the towns.
The largest arena in ancient Rome for entertainment was the Flavian amphitheater, coined the Colosseum. It was begun in 72 AD CE by the emperor Vespasian and inaugurated in 80 AD CE by the emperor Titus. It is said the arena could hold almost 80,000 spectators. It was a sophisticated arena with 5 or 6 levels underneath the main level. The Romans could flood the Colosseum to have mock sea battles. Entertainment consisted of gladiator fights, killing prisoners, and using wild beasts to kill people or fight with gladiators. Now the Circus Maximus was also a place for entertainment, but the main activity there was chariot racing.
Your question could be taken two ways. If you are speaking of gifts among themselves, the most important gift from Roman to Roman would have been friendship, which was called "amicitia". This was not simply a buddy-buddy friendship, it was also a political and social alliance, very important and necessary for advancement in all walks of life in ancient Rome. If you are asking regarding gifts that the Romans have given to us, it would be a tossup between central heating, indoor plumbing and concrete.
No. In the Tigris/Euphrates valley of the Middle East, an ancient flood legend evolved, coming down to us in the Epic of Gilgamesh and eventually in the biblical Flood story. Probably many other Middle Eastern religions borrowed the Gilgamesh flood story, but an equivalent story is not found in the Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan, Roman or Celtic religions. Nor is one found in the ancient Asian or African religions.
The Romans actually took engineering from the Etruscans and the Greeks. This also fed into the Romans stealing other things from these other two groups, like art, architecture, mythology, writing, and sporting events.