The Roman Colosseum

04/20/2008 | Location: Rome, Italy

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During its life as a place of games and events, the stadium could hold as many as 50,000 raucous spectators to watch men battle wild beasts and each other.

(Photo and caption by Thushan Amarasiriwardena / LongJaunt.com)

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