We went down to the underground area, where the animals were kept and the gladiators appeared from. There was a spot behind us, where they used to throw all the bodies of both the animals and the people killed.
We then went up to the top tier where the poor people and the women were able to watch the events, not a very good view of the arena (or maybe it was just because I was too short), but a good view of the whole colosseum.
We said goodbye to Matthew and his family and wandered off to see the 2nd floor of the Colosseum and the exhibition that was showing.
Included with our tickets were entrances to Palentine Hill and the Roman Forum, which we visited on Thursday. We also bought a fantastic book that showed us what the ruins looked like in their heyday.
Amazing to think that these structures have survived for 2000 years.
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