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Night view of the interior of the Colosseum

The Colosseum or Flavian Amphitheatre, begun under Emperor Vespasian and inaugurated by Titus in 80 AD, was built in the area previously occupied by an artificial lake, inside Nero's Domus Aurea, where there was also a colossal statue of the emperor, hence the name Colosseum.

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