how wide is the colosseum
The Colosseum, originally known as the Flavian Amphitheatre, is a large amphitheatre in the city of Rome. The construction of the Colosseum started around 70â72 AD and was finished in 80 AD.Emperor Vespasian started the works, and Emperor Titus completed them. Emperor Domitian made some changes to the building between 81â96AD. It had seating for 50,000 people. It was 156 metres wide, 189 metres long and 57 metres tall.he Colosseum is a free standing building, quite different to the earlier Greek theatres which were built into the sides of hills. It is really two Roman theatres joined together. It is oval shaped, 189 meters (615 ft / 640 Roman feet) long, and 156 meters (510 ft / 528 Roman feet) wide.