This is How the Colosseum Looked in Roman Times 

What is your favorite ancient Roman building?

The football stadiums are all imitations of the colosseum. Bread and circus!

I was in Rome in 2018 and just walking up to the colloseum it is so huge and awe inspiring. I cant imagine what it would have been like in its prime.

That was truly impressive! Much better than any material I had in school (despite being italian and attending italian schools!). There is nothing more engaging than seeing a work like this inspired by passion, knowledge and curiosity.

I never realized that the Colosseum was built on the site of the Domus Aurea. How brilliant yet tragic!

Greco Roman architecture is the most beautiful thing on the planet.

Manuel, you put such passion into your videos. It makes them extremely compelling and enjoyable to watch. In addition, your visuals and descriptions are superior which adds, so much, to their educational value. I, truly, appreciate you and your efforts. Thanks, once again, for making them in English.

Best explanation I have ever seen of the background of this masterpiece of construction. Bravo!

What caught my eye was the statues facing outward and how many there were. Awe inspiring with a sense eeriness. And to think how long it took and talent, to construct all of those.

There is also a great gladiator Arena in Verona Italy, where they do shows, such as Aida during the summer months. It's not quite as large as the Colosseum in Rome, but it's still a very large structure for Roman times. It is similar in shape, and appearance, just not as grand, but it is older than the Coloseum. It's a well preserved structure as well.

Great information. Thank you for doing the narrative in English.

I'm very attached to history architecture such as this. It's amazing. I wish it wasnt so destroyed.. I hate seeing old building being destroyed/not repaired because they'll only get worse with time. I hope that some day I can visit

Thank you Manuel for clearing my doubts about why they continued to use Greek columns despite not supporting the structure of the buildings, it was a question that I had for a long time and now I am impressed with the respect that the Romans had towards Greek aesthetics and beauty in general.

Excellent presentation that focused more on the design and cultural aspects of Roman and Greek architecture~ Also, how influential the architecture blended to Roman society and was carried over throughout the centuries~Thank you for sharing your knowledge and passion with all that want to learn of our shared history!!

This is a great video. I especially enjoyed the drone-like approach to the interior of the Colosseum. It is the best visualization I have seen of the inside of that amazing structure. I do wish that creators would place landscaping into these videos to make the street and city scenes, more real. Obviously, the Romans loved and spent a lot of money on beautiful buildings and structures in their cities. So it only makes sense that they would have trees, bushes, flowers and other plants to add even more beauty.

Very informative! I’ve visited the Colosseum and it was spectacular but you brought it to life with your renderings and history. You made it easier to understand! Thank you.

I went to Rome to see the Coliseum with my parents in 1971, I was 13. Only my mother spoke fluent Italian. Someone told her that the police at that time were to have all homeless people sleep in the Coliseum at night, and be gone by the morning when tourists started to arrive. You can imagine there was a certain odor about the place, I can equate it to the NY subway system. My mother commented that she could still smell the lions.

Thank you!!!!! This was brilliant! I am an architect and I know what it takes to visualize a 3 dimensional building and what you just showed us is precious. Felt like I was in arena. Great renderings and great explanations. Keep it up man! This was clever and insane!!!

Thank you Manuel! Exceptional work and research has gone into this and it really shows. Brilliant reconstruction. Thank you. This iconic landmark is something that as many times as you may see it on film or TV screens blows your mind when you see it in real life. Having visited 2 years ago and expected it to be underwhelming I was awestruck. So much history and tales it could tell if it could speak. Loved this video and your channel and can’t wait for the next one!

JAMES ROGERS YOUR PRESENTATION OF HISTORY AND FORUM IS THE BEST I HAVE SEEN AND I AM A 79YEAR OLD, HISTORY TEACHER, KEEP UP THE GREAT EFFORT.

This was a complete and well documented history class. Great work!

Thank you, this is just an amazing video. The explanation, the emotion, the music, and above all...the history. Just, amazing.

One thing I noted when I was there was how steep the incline of the steps were, and also how big the steps were in comparison to other ancient sites I visited. You can get seriously winded walking up them if you're not pacing yourself, as they're much steeper than they look, and no, I'm not fat or out of shape, they're just steeper and more of an exertion than the slope of modern steps we're all used to.

I love reconstructed views from the past, I could watch this all day, to bring back iconic structures from ruins or from past stories is amazing. Thank you

I learned a lot today. Thank you for that, great material!

Just amazing work!! When I watched 'Armageddon', and saw these priceless buildings being 'destroyed', I knew they were models (or maybe even CGI) but the work that had gone into them was beyond impressive, it was astounding. I'm a recently retired teacher, and I wish this had been around years ago!! Thank you for creating and sharing this amazing video!

I watched with wonderment this video. I'm delighted, such a great explanation.

I have been to the Colosseum and what most impressed me was how much it felt like a typical football stadium. Amazing.

Thank you for showing and making this video, you've widened my knowledge and intrigued my interest once again in historical architecture.

This kid puts so much effort and info into his brief documentaries

Wonderful. I’ll need to watch it over and over a few times to digest so much information.

This video is amazing thank you so much. Greetings from Portugal😊

The best description of the colosseum I have ever seen. Truely scholarly. Thank you.

All my life since hearing of colosseum I have wondered how it must have looked like. Had no clue. Now I do ! Thx!

Great production values. Informative video and very well-spoken. Keep up the good work!

Manuel, I am very impressed by your knowledge on the subject. Don't lose this passion for history and learning. It will enrich you throughout your life. Best wishes from Chicago, brother. Peace.

Outstanding!!! There is no end to my praise of your presentation. Thank you.

I enjoyed this thank you. In the UK we still call the gap between the stage and audience in modern theatres the proscenium and the arch around the stage the proscenium arch.

Thank you your videos are so well put together and very informative 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

This is a very impressive site, I hope I can visit again when all this is over. Seeing and sharing places like this is why I love traveling and make videos so much!

This was absolutely entertaining and educational. Thank you

Such a great video. Thank you for that! Greetings from Brazil.

This is just an amazing video about this great human history building All my respect for you Manuel

I loved the passion you placed in your narrative and description. Great research as well.

Thank you! I loved and benefited from your exploration of this structure!!!

I love this video too, congrats. And, again, I love the music selection as well. It's kind of awesome to see how much eg. Tchaikovsky's Concerto N°1 for Piano and Orchestra, having in principle little to do with Roman times, perfectly fits into the view of the Colisseum

Great video. Very good graphic presentation and many details explained. That about the columns was especially interesting and new to me. I would add that Nero's lake was kept in a way that the arena could be flooded to display naval battles. Later it was reconstructed to the present configuration with all the rooms in the basement.

Freaking love how you're being careful about the pronuntiatio restituta. This is some high-quality stuff! Congrats, man!

This was the most informative post I've seen on the Roman Coliseum.

obrigado por mais um video incrivel manuel .

A Masterpiece!

bro this was pretty dope. i took art or something in college and i was learning about this stuff, it was really greek to me...i just didnt get it, but looking at this vid i understood way more...im also older but never gained any knowledge about architecture but this made since about the columns and alll that...very informative...

This was amazing, thanks! Keep up the great videos! :)

I wish I can go back in time and just observe all of this though the every aspect of planet

Very interesting and educational video! I learned a lot about the architecture and history of Rome, and its buildings! Well done indeed!

¡Wow! Amazing video Manuel, as always 👏👏👏

Increíble trabajo!!!

Incredible. Great work.

Incredible video. Constructed with so much passion. Thank you! X 🙏🏻

thanks for putting all this together!

Excellent analysis!

Bro, for real... well done. Bravo.

Thanks buddy, informative and nicely put together..

Just fkn EPIC !!!!…. At last a vid on RU-vid that is not only instructional but also dramatic and spellbinding , thank you so much for this incredible vista . 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

According to Google this is "World Heritage Day" and they are linking to some of the world heritage sites, the first one being the Coliseum. I was looking closely at some of the images and trying to imagine what it was like when it was in use. By coincidence I came across this excellent video today, well done sir! It was also a nice touch including some pictures of the Parthenon in Nashville, amazing building, much easier for us Americans to get to and unlike the original one it's not only intact it has the statue of Athena inside. I wonder if the Italians ever give any serious consideration to restoring the Colosseum.

Fascinating and informative. The narrator’s voice reminds me of Peter Lorre though, lol

Excellent discourse. Superbly written and presented. 50 years reading and I learned much from this lecture. Thank you. Made my day. Great work.

I really enjoyed this presentation... I find the knowledge of structures and the meanings behind them Fascinating!! Especially interesting was the different types of columns and how they were incorporated in the different levels on the Colosseum... I love these presentations and would recommend them to anybody !! 😀👍

Next: what circus maximus looked like during roman times

Estupendo o Coliseu. Bravo, Manuel! Saudações do Brasil!

The emotion in your narration is powerful, knowledgeable, and informative. Great job.

Just became a fan today, excellent videos. I love the attention to engineering that is the structure of your videos!!

Only 100k views on this?! Wow, totally underrated video my friend 👍

Astounding!!!

Those windows at 10:00 are incredible. Straight art. And a masterpiece in my eyes

thank you soo much awesome job Manuel

Very interesting...thank you!!

This guy's voice is hilarious. Sounds like he's hatching an evil plan.

Thank you so much for the informative video!! I learned a lot, especially about the columns and arches.. :D :D

I love your videos about Rome 🥺 thank you for making these highly educational videos. Would you be interested in making more videos about roman history? Your explanations are the best so far!! Especially your commentary about the architecture. I wish I could watch 10000x videos about Rome with you as the narrator 🙏💞

¡Manuel Bravisimo!

Love being European.... What a Heritage we have!!

Amazing effort keep it up and i appreciate that u put a lot of subtitles

Awesome Work!!! Thanks!!

Awesome 👏 I love these

Truely the Greatest Empire ever.

Great job on the video man! keep up the good work. You have a talent for this kind of thing.

Modern stadiums have been based on the coliseum - I heard it’s built in a way the crowd can leave the fastest

Would be interesting to see how it actually looked back then.

Go on Google earth and you can walk around and even inside the ancient colosseum as it stands today. A creepy eerie but fascinating experience. Of course, it's broken down and beat up but still standing. It's like your right there.

Very informative with entertaining historical anecdotes. Thank you for a terrific video.

Astonishingly beautiful. Rome is History itself.

y si crees que esto era propaganda jajaja imagínate el Circus Maximus que podía acomodar mas o menos a un cuarto de la población de la ciudad mas de 4 veces la capacidad del Coliseo, el estadio mas grande jamas construido con sus 2 enormes obeliscos y la vista maravillosa del Palatino, excelente vídeo esperamos también en el del Circus Maximus.

Would love to time travel af watch the fights live

That was fantastic! So informative 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 well done 💚 from New Zealand (Aotearoa)

Love this video! Thanks!

Funny, how people mentioned the statues just in passing, if at all. I was thinking how interesting it must have been to pick and select them. The emperor would have, of course, included himself, his family, important people and others that he wanted to honor or request favors and loyalty from. Also the placement would have been extremely interesting as well. If the emperor liked someone, his or her statute could be placed in a "good location". So the question would be, how would the locations be graded? If the emperor was obligated to add a statue of someone he really didn't like...where would a "bad location" be. Would he place the statue at the very top, where people could barely see it. Or would he place it on the first level, where it would be among all the dirty common activities? I would suspect the slaves entrance would be a less desirable location, and that the emperor's entrance would be a highly desirable site. Also, depending on who is the emperor or if the emperor's feelings changed over time, he could have that individual's statue moved to a location that better reflected the emperor's current opinion of that person. In addition, the emperor could show is displeasure with someone publicly, without saying a word, by simply having that individual's statue moved, removed or publicly having the statue pushed to the street. Granted that is going to be more impressive IF the statue is on a upper level, though of course it could be moved there, if only to have it pushed from that much higher level.

Excellent video. Very well articulated and pronounced. Keep up the great work

Enjoyed every second of the video!

I have i guess a weird view on historical buildings and objects, but I low-key want them to restore and repair the colosseum, and sure it wouldn't be just a building from the past but maybe it could actually be used for shows and fulfill it's purpose. The whole design would have still been that of the Romans