During gladiatorial games in the arena, a vast network of man-powered machinery made animals and scenery appear from beneath a wooden floor as if by magic. Dave Yoder The floor of the colosseum ...

The other problem is that you need to pull on the rope to draw a canopy in or out ... of arrangement in something like a Colosseum where you had an arena with seating all the way around.

Or at least, it isn’t the lesson I hope my students would take away from their study of the Roman arena ... go to the ...

Note: Keep in mind that most Colosseum tours only give you access to the arena floor and upper level. If you want to visit the hypogeum (Colosseum underground), you need to make sure it's included ...

Explore a plan of the Colosseum to investigate six key areas. Each shows an aspect of the sophisticated technology and planning that lie behind this incredible structure.

The other problem is that you need to pull on the rope to draw a canopy in or out ... of arrangement in something like a Colosseum where you had an arena with seating all the way around.