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-shabushabu t1_ixohpig wrote

Movies and modern architecture really ruined the scale of Colosseum for me... It's definitely beautiful and not a matchbox, but it's surprisingly small once you're inside...

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bel_esprit_ t1_ixowgm0 wrote

When you think they had no heavy machinery equipment and they still built these amazing structures, that is what is incredible.

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chardeemacdennisbird t1_ixpflb3 wrote

I wouldn't have said small. It's not gargantuan but still a pretty large structure

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HisKoR t1_ixpl1d6 wrote

I've never been there but even from the pictures it looks way smaller than how its portrayed in Gladiator. In Gladiator, it looks like a football stadium.

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citrusdrop43 t1_ixptjz9 wrote

It used to be larger than it is now. There was another row around and another row on top of what you see today. It seated more than 60000 people. I’d grant it a status of „pretty large“. A visit to Rome I want to highly recommended.

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Joiner2008 t1_ixpo2ad wrote

Full disclosure, I've never seen it in person, only through Google Street view, internet pictures, etc. However, I feel like Assassin's Creed did a good job with the proportions.

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