406. Inhumanity

Rome - Colloseum

Drove in, in the end as it was slightly cheaper and much faster, even with the crazy traffic in Rome. Parked ten minutes walk away and walked in, buying entry tickets online on my phone as we did so, avoiding any queues, minor as they were, and walked straight in. Weather is a perfect twenty two degrees, I have no idea how people cope in the summer as it is hot enough at twenty two.

The place makes me feel bilious with over one hundred thousand people murdered here while it was in operation and in one week alone nine thousand animals tortured and slaughtered. Lions, elephants, bears, tigers, deer, wild goats, dogs, leopards, crocodiles, boars, hippopotamuses were used. All the large animals were wiped out of north Africa feeding places like this. During Ceaser's reign alone, three and a half thousand elephants were tortured and killed for entertainment. There is no evidence that Christians were fed to the lions as popular myth indicates.  Need to do more research on this.

First view 

Audrey, Iris, Fyfe and Jacqueline, Roman's head behind her

Audrey 

With a great deal of noise, a police helicopter circled a few times
four on the skids holding machine guns ready to drop in 

Arch of Constantine

Remains of the Temple of Venus and Rome

Basilica of Maxentius

Arch of Constantine from the ground after exiting

Fyfe

Audrey

Jacqueline

Arch of Titus 

The Coliseum from San Sebastiano

End of day snap