... to the arena floor. This was reserved for the high ranking and sacred people such as high priests and priestesses. The North side of this region sat the royal box reserved for the Emperor and his family; the South side box was reserved for the Hutchins 3 Perfect of the city and his guests ... of these was built in the city of Pompeii, located 140 miles South East of Rome. It was 445 feet long by 341 feet wide and sat 20,000 people - Pompeii's entire population. To support the weight of the tiers, the arena floor was constructed below ground level. Thefazade of the arena ... utilized hi...

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... a miniature Roman society. The seating was arranged by social class and status. For example, first it was the emperor who sat in distinctive box seating on a podium. Then came the senators who sat on marble. From the senators to the summa cavea sat many other sections and rows of social status. The summa cavea were poorer citizens, slaves, freedmen, and foreigners. The most ... ...

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... at. It was a full three story elliptical arcade (row of arches) with a fourth story full of windows. In between each arch and window sat statues of great heroes and gods, and in the middle of the ellipse sat a pit for the fights. Set deep in the heart of Rome, the Coliseum was once the greatest amphitheater in the Empire. The citizens would ... ...

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... aesthetic qualities. The first tier of the cavea is made using marble, because this is where the authority of the city, and most important theatre goers sat as well as thrones which the attendants sat on in this part of the seating also constructed from marble, to demonstrate their importance. The construction methods of the Colosseum relate to the materials used also ... ...

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... Vatican Museum and St. Peter's Basilica. While some students were emotionally touched by their visit to St. Peter's, one student in particular, who always made sarcastic comments about Christianity, actually sat in front of the main altar and quietly listened to the sounds of an organ. Afterwards, he approached me and told me that he could have ... "sat there and listened all day long." In the past, I never knew how to respond to his sarcasm, but on that day, something deeply touched him, and I had nothing to do ... ...

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... wave causing prolonged dry periods. As soon as we checked into the hotel and dumped our luggage in the room, we all head out to get something to eat. We sat at a table on the terrace of a café facing the Trinité church just down the street from the Galeries Lafayette. After having an appetizing meal, we went back to ... it was a a truly impressive landmark, 50 metres high and 45 metres wide, I don't think that Paris would be Paris without it. Admission costs were 6.09 Euros per adult. After we sat around here and appreciated this beautiful monument, we had some icecream at a nearby ca...

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... at. It was a full three story elliptical arcade (row of arches) with a fourth story full of windows. In between each arch and window sat statues of great heroes and gods, and in the middle of the ellipse sat a pit for the fights. Set deep in the heart of Rome, the Coliseum was once the greatest amphitheater in the Empire. The citizens would ... ...

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... still not known how it worked. In the original Coliseum admissions were free however you still had to sit according to social class; on the first tare the rich sat, the middle class sat on the second tare, third tare and the slaves and women, all the seats were made of marble and were stolen from other places to put in the ... ...

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... it also had the technological advances of the time. He built a temple in Rome, the Temple of Venus and Roma. It had many Greek features, like the fact that it sat on a platform with steps leading up to the entrance; a very Greek idea. Hadrian loved Athens, he renovated numerous buildings, built some new ones, and constructed his arch there. He finished ... ...

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... the Aronibus, an almond tree (some stories say it was a pomegrate tree), sprung up from his blood. Then, one day, the daughter of the river god, Sangarius, came along and sat next to the tree. She picked some of the fruit off it and placed it in her lap. This impregnated her. When Sangarius found out his daughter's condition, he wanted ... ...

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... of lands to the pope, but he refused so Charlemagne subdued, or subjugated his kingdom and restored the Papal States. He was very organized in his military incursions. He often sat by the hearth and planned out every move in advance. This was a precedent to Napoleon who studied his tactics. In 778 he led his army into Spain to battle the ... ...

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... that the fourth-story walls held poles that contained awnings to provide shade from the sun and protection from the rain. Woman and children who visited the elliptical-shaped building sat on wooden benches in the fourth tier. The secon and third tiers were used by the common men while the first tier was reserved for roaylty and the wealth. In ... ...

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... gladiator competitions, chariot races, mock sea battles, and many other violent and bloody sports. Rome's biggest ampitheater, Circus Maximus, seated nearly two hundred thousand spectators. In comparison, the Greek bleachers sat only a few thousand people. These architectual structures show Rome's flourishing role as leader of the world during this time. They had the biggest and the best and strived to still ... ...

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... also felt great loyalty towards the city. In 390 BC, raiders from Gaul invaded the city. Some of the Senators stayed in the city. Livy tells what happened: "[The Senators sat]...without fear or concern.... The Gauls, for a great while, stood wondering at the strangeness of the sight, not daring to approach of touch them, taking them for an assembly of ... ...

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... happened. The second is the Roman Theatre, they are very big and can hold lots of people. The third is the Roman baths this was probibly the most popular. I am sat in the stands surrounded by many people maybe even as many as 5 thousand. It's just like were about to watch a concert. Two men are fighting, one has a sword and a daggar ... ...

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... the right thing or what he was told to do. It was obvious that he loved Daisy but he never told her how he felt about her. Instead he just sat back and watched as he talked to different people and doing as she pleased. This shows you that to have love you have to have dedication, honesty, quality time, and ... ...

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... all brides a grooms. The bride would say "Quando tu Gaius, ego Gaia"(When and where you are Gaius, I then and there am Gaia.) After these words of consent, the couple sat on stools, facing the alter and made an offering to the god Jupiter, which usually consisted of cake. Once this offering was made by the priest, the bride and groom ... ...

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... were stormed and destroyed and the army's movement eastward was a lot like the movements of Alexander the Great five centuries earlier. By 166 A.D., Parthia had been defeated and a Roman nominee sat on the Armenian throne. The victory appeared to be the greatest since Trajan's conquest of Dacia, but, when Verus returned to Italy with his Victorious army, there was also a great ... ...

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... controversies of the time. In 1588 Robert was made Spiritual Father to the Roman College. Shortly after in 1590 he went with cardinal Gaetano as a theologian to the embassy. Robert sat on the final commission for the revision of the Vulgate text. His revision had been desired by the Council of Trent, and popes had labored over the task, and had ... ...

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... entertainment center for the Romans. Upon entering the Colosseum, spectators climbed sloped ramps to their seats, according to their gender and social class. Women and the poor people stood or sat on the wooden benches in the fourth tier. Depending on the weather, an enormous, colored awning could be stretched overhead to prevent the hot sun from coming to the spectators ... ...

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