Built for 50,000 spectators… and still drawing crowds after two millennia. For nearly 2,000 years, Rome’s Colosseum has stood as one of the greatest architectural feats in human history. Completed in 80 CE under Emperor Titus, it could hold over 50,000 spectators who gathered to witness brutal gladiator battles, wild beast hunts, and elaborate public spectacles. Beneath its arena lay a complex network of tunnels and lifts, a masterpiece of Roman engineering where fighters, animals, and stage set