Architects Of The Roman Coliseum: Two Silver Coins Boxed Collection

In 70 CE, the Emperor Vespasian broke ground on what would become, and still remains, the world’s largest amphitheatre. The Coliseum was completed by his successor Titus ten years later, and modified during the reign of Domitian (81-96). Because those three emperors were from the Flavius family, the arena was for centuries known as the Flavian Amphitheatre, with the name Coliseum coined around 1000 CE. The tallest and grandest structure in Rome, the amphitheatre could hold some 87,000 spectators.  Vespasian began his reign in Rome by conquering the numerous revolts which he had inherited from Nero. He is best remembered for having started construction of the “Flavian Amphitheatre”, better known as the Coliseum. Vespasian wanted a spectacular enhancement to the public forum which had become rundown as a city center under his predecessor’s reign. He then commissioned the Amphitheatre to be built. The name never caught on because the Romans referred to the new arena as the Coliseum. The n