Colosseum (from the Latin. Colosseus - huge, huge) or Flavian Amphitheatre - amphitheater, one of the biggest arenas, an architectural monument of ancient Rome. Construction was carried out for 8 years, 72 - 80 years as a collective construction of the emperors of the Flavian dynasty.Located in Rome, in a hollow between the Esquiline, Palatine and Tselievskim hills, in the place where the pond, belongs to Golden House of Nero.That is because it is the greatest antiquity.