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The Amphitheater Where the Stones Were Stolen; Coliseum | Rome, 2013

  • Writer: Ömer Öztürk
    Ömer Öztürk
  • Mar 11
  • 1 min read


If they had asked me at that moment when I would like to live, I would have said right after Christ, in Rome. I would like to experience at least a performance moment in this oval amphitheater with 80 thousand people in it. Would it be nice to sit with the working class at the top, the farthest place from the arena, or would it be nice to sit with members of the Senate and other important people closest to the stage? I felt like I was in a different atmosphere on each floor. It is in this arena where stones are stolen over time. It was built to provide magnificent entertainment to the public; While I was there, I asked myself this question: What would you like to watch? gladiator fights, animal hunts, theater or representations of ancient battles? I had heard of 40 days and 40 nights, but over 5 thousand animals and hundreds of people were sacrificed in the opening games that lasted 100 days and nights. How could a person's ears tolerate hearing those pains? I, who choose to remember good things, would like to listen to the words of a theater actor or the work of an opera singer instead of watching gladiator fights that lasted 400 years. This structure, which touches the clouds in the sky with the magnificent texture of its stones, was the largest amphitheater in the world.

 
 
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