The Colosseum Wasn't Built for Entertainment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJj58txYaTU

> The Roman Empire built the Colosseum as more than entertainment. It was a tool for control. By combining architecture, spectacle, and strict social hierarchy, the arena shaped how people felt, behaved, and understood power. It distracted a poor and restless population with violence, ritual, and awe while reinforcing loyalty to the emperor and acceptance of inequality.

#Colosseum #RomanEmpire

Bare Wires is a studio album by John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, featuring Mick Taylor on guitar, Chris Mercer and Dick Heckstall-Smith on saxophones, Jon Hiseman on drums, Henry Lowther on cornet and violin, and Tony Reeves on bass. It was released in 1968 on Decca Records.[6] The album was the last John Mayall studio album to feature the name "Bluesbreakers"

Following the album, Mayall pared down the group from a seven-piece to a three-piece band and ultimately dropped the Bluesbreakers entirely. Reeves, Hiseman and Dick Heckstall-Smith went on to form Colosseum. - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjAvqtrsg7M&list=RDrjAvqtrsg7M&start_radio=1

#JohnMayall #BritishBlues #Jazz #DickHeckstallSmith #JonHiseman #MickTaylor #Colosseum #Music #HenryLowther

Colosseum's 'Commodus Passage' becomes accessible.

The passage, constructed somewhere between 90 AD and 98 AD, allowed emperor’s to get to their seats without having to use the main entrances, the vomitoria, through which the masses would spew forth into the Colosseum.

The "Commodus Passage" is one of the latest additions to the Colosseum Archaeological Park, made possible thanks to funds from the EU.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260123-colosseums-commodus-passage-becomes-accessible?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Colosseum #CommodusPassage #Archaeology #Rome #Culture

In his defense, this poor sod probably didn't vote for the Face-Eating Leopard, at least

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1676801/in-his-defense-this-poor-sod-probably-didn-t-vote-for-the-face-eating-leopard-at-least

Alle ausgeflogen. Ich lege jetzt erst einmal die Valentyne Suite von Colosseum auf den Plattenteller und drehe die Lautstärke hoch.

#Vinyl #Colosseum #ValentyneSuite

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cb6ZlXcPfCc

🏛️ Rome's most iconic arena from above. 80,000 fans once filled these seats for gladiator battles ⚔️

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#travel #europe #eurotravel #italy #rome #colosseum #wanderlust