Living Large with Romans

Finally, we found time for the The Colosseum or Flavian Amphitheater and the formidable ruins in this great city of Rome. With an author/historian by our side, Anthony walked us through 2500 years of pagan greatness. The colliseum was built in 75 A.D. and took only 8 years to construct. Inside the amphitheater is a vast ellipse with tiers of seating for spectators of wild beasts and gory fights between gladiators. We walked on broken craggy stone around the first permanent amphitheater to be built in Rome. Its monumental size and grandeur was one of the best sights of all of Rome, in my opinion - and there's virtually no corner of this town that my camera has left untouched. As the sun set I hopped aboard a horse and carriage ride and made my way up through the narrow streets.