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media type="custom" key="7843773"media type="custom" key="7068643" 1.prisoners of war who were **given the choice** to be **slaves or to fight** in the arena for a limited period of time at the end of which they would be free,

3.animals and gladiators who burst into the arena **through trapdoors**, suddenly appearing in a burst of white dust giving the audience **great surprise effects**. A complex system of hinges and lifts also allowed them to hoist up set-designed backdrops, used for the hunt events
 * 2.two underground floors** housed the lifts and hoists with their counter weights, of which **we can still see the rails today**; they were the special effects of the time, used to hoist up

4.Constantine claimed he owed his victory to a **vision of Christ**, but there is **nothing Christian** about the arch

6.After the VI century, with the **Empire's decline**, the **Coliseum** fell into disuse and its walls housed confraternities, hospitals, hermits and even a cemetery. 7."//the colossus//" 35 metres high, which stood right next to the amphitheatre and has now been completely destroyed. 8.**hundred sailors from the Imperial fleet** to move it. They moved in perfect synchrony to the beating of a drum. 9. arch and coliseum took **less than ten years to build**. 10.An arch allows you to distribute the weight of heavy constructions effectively, in a perfect manner.media type="custom" key="7323273" quotes 1) Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better. 2) God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free wil l and that share of glory which belong to us. 3) It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.
 * 5.Coliseum** gave spectators efficient protection from the sun thanks to its ingenious roof covering, the "//Velarium//".

4) it is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver. 5) Nature that framed us of four elements, warring within our breasts for regiment, doth teach us all to have aspiring minds.