Baku, July 7 (AZERTAC). This article will acquaint you with some outstanding Roman coliseum facts but before heading forward in this regard, let’s have a look at what the term ‘Roman coliseum’ actually stands for. The word Roman reveals classical era, while the term coliseum is used for a large building of stadium with spacious field/arena, utilized either for sporting events, execution, or entertainment in the Roman era. Though correct spelling of coliseum is coliseum, the word coliseum has been in use in ancient Rome and is used even today with the same spelling whenever used for sports building, stadium, theater or any open auditorium belonging to Roman era. The word, coliseum is used only for Roman theater revealing it as Flavian Amphitheater, first of its kind in the world, built as a largest coliseum in ancient Rome. In Latin the Roman coliseum is known as Amphitheatrum Flavium, while in Italian language it is called Anfiteatro Flavio or Colosseo, a largest coliseum in the world with its spacious oval shape. Built several hundred years ago in ancient era in Rome, the elliptical coliseum (aka Anfitearto Flavio), is one of the largest coliseums in the world. Situated in a prominent city of Italy, the Roman coliseum attracts innumerable tourists from all over the world to see its colossal semi-ruined building with many of its portions still revealing a story of its being a glorious heaven-like paradise in ever in Rome.

The coliseum, built with stones, didn’t require any renovation but it underwent some changes as it was used for many different purposes, apart from many thrilling activities. Being an extraordinary coliseum in the world, the Roman coliseum or Collosseo, has been standing as an impregnable Roman coliseum in Rome ever since it came into its existence. It has suffered a great damage due to nature’s annihilative fury in 21st Century in a form of earthquake. An earthquake, measuring much higher on the Richter scale, wreaked a havoc and caused irreparable damage to such a colossal Roman coliseum, and deprived it of its exceptional countenance. Exceptional Roman coliseum is a center of attraction for the entire world as it arouses a great curiosity among the people to visit Flavion Amphitheater (Roman coliseum) to see its semi ruined structure much ecstatically and reminisce whatever has gone into oblivion in Rome. Despite seeming to be of no use today, such colossal coliseum of Raman era gets resuscitated and glitter inexplicably to everyone’s amaze when a torch-light procession march (“Way of the Cross) is taken out in and around by the Roman Catholic Church to remember its glorious era.