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At the end of the Via dei Fori Imperiali stands the COLOSSEUM, one of the greatest marvels of the Roman civilization. This immense amphitheatre, whose ancient splendour we can still admire, was begun by Vespasian in A.D. 72 and finished by his son Titus in A.D. 80. Hebrew prisoners were employed in its construction. Its real name is the Flavian Amphitheatre, commonly called Colosseum perhaps because the Colossus of Nero was in its vicinity. There is scarcely a page of Roman history that is not connected with the Colosseum, which became the symbol of the city and its life. Thus in the 8th century the Venerable Bede sald: «While the Colosseum stands, Rome sha ... continue