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Definition of Colosseum

1. Noun. A large amphitheater in Rome whose construction was begun by Vespasian about AD 75 or 80.

Definition of Colosseum

1. n. The amphitheater of Vespasian in Rome.

Definition of Colosseum

1. Proper noun. The largest stadium in the Roman empire, located near the center of Rome. ¹

2. Noun. (alternative spelling of coliseum) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Colosseum

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Colosseum

Literary usage of Colosseum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of the New York Stage from the First Performance in 1732 to 1901 by Thomas Allston Brown (1903)
"THE Colosseum ON the site of what is now known as the " Herald Square Theatre," at Broadway and Thirty-fifth Street, was a place of amusement erected in ..."

2. Six Months in Italy by George Stillman Hillard (1867)
"To turn the Colosseum into a ball-room seems putting it to a strange use. ... If as a building the Colosseum was open to criticism, as a ruin it is perfect. ..."

3. Italy, Rome and Naples by Hippolyte Taine, John Durand (1872)
"HAVING one day in Rome, I determined to see the Colosseum and St. Peter's. ... First, as to the Colosseum. All that I saw from my cab windows was ..."

4. Italy: Rome and Naples by Hippolyte Taine, John Durand (1868)
"HAVING one day in Rome, I determined to see the Colosseum and St. Peter's. ... First, as to the Colosseum. All that I saw from my cab windows was ..."

5. Roba Di Roma by William Wetmore Story (1887)
"THE Colosseum. OF all the ruins in Rome none is at once so beautiful, so imposing, and so characteristic as the Colosseum. Here throbbed the Roman heart in ..."

6. Roman and Medieval Art by William Henry Goodyear (1897)
"THE Colosseum. The name of Colosseum is thought to have been derived from ... Close to the Colosseum stands the Triumphal Arch of Constantine. ..."

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