Seems if you can do, just do it!
The Telegraph
Italy to reconstruct Colosseum
arena where sword-wielding gladiators once did
For visitors to
Rome, it will be a chance to see the Colosseum as the gladiators once did as they gazed up in bowel-clenching anticipation before engaging in blood-spattered
combat in front of the emperor.
Rome is to reconstruct the
arena of the Colosseum, the vast oval-shaped space where gladiators armed with swords, tridents and nets did battle with each other and wild
animals imported from all over the
Roman Empire.
Tourists will be able to stroll out onto the rebuilt
arena and look up at the vast
stone tiers of seating that enclose the
amphitheatre. The
arena could also become a venue for concerts and other events.
submitted by February 1, with the project expected to cost €18.5 million.
Work is scheduled to get underway next year.
The stage will need to have retractable segments so that tourists can
still view the tunnels where terrified beasts – from lions and leopards to ostriches and bulls - and nervous gladiators awaited their turn to fight.
“We want to put back the
arena employing the same principles with which it was first built in ancient times,” said Alfonsina
Russo, the Colosseum’s director.
“The reconstruction of the Colosseum’s
arena is a great idea that will capture the world’s imagination,” said Dario Franceschini, the culture minister.
“It will offer visitors the chance to see not only the subterranean
area, as they can today, but to contemplate the beauty of the Colosseum from its very heart.”