The true history of the Colosseum in Rome

2024-02-06T15:10:49.989Z

Highlights: Stéphane Bern describes a monument, a true symbol of the greatness of the Roman Empire: the Flavian amphitheater. Built almost 2000 years ago, is the Colosseum in danger today? To talk about it, Stéphance Bern receives Marjolaine Benaïch, associate professor of classics, lecturer at the University of Paris Nanterre. Historically Yours is produced by Loic Vimard, Benjamin Delsol, Eloi Audoin-Rouzeau and Armelle Thiberge.

Stéphane Bern describes a monument, a true symbol of the greatness of the Roman Empire: the Flavian amphitheater, named after the family of emperors who had it built, a theater of the glory of the Empire but also of all its drifts. Or the real history of the Colosseum... Why was it decided to build it? What was the importance of this place of spectacle in the life of ancient Rome? Built almost 2000 years ago, is the Colosseum in danger today? To talk about it, Stéphane Bern receives Marjolaine Benaïch, associate professor of classics, lecturer at the University of Paris Nanterre.