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<h1>🏟️ The Colosseum</h1>
<h2>Week 11 • Thursday • Rome's Giant Stadium — Then and Now</h2>
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<p>The most famous Roman building of all is the <strong>Colosseum</strong> — a giant oval stadium in the middle of Rome, finished in the year 80 AD. It could hold about 50,000 people, close to a modern football stadium! Its walls are rings of arches stacked four levels high.</p>
<p>Romans came to watch shows: gladiator contests, animal parades, and acted-out battles. There were 80 entrances so huge crowds could get in and out quickly, and a giant cloth roof called the <strong>velarium</strong> could be pulled over the top for shade. Under the floor were tunnels and even elevators worked by ropes!</p>
<p>Sound familiar? Modern stadiums copy the Colosseum: oval shape, numbered gates, ringed seating, and pull-over roofs. Today millions of visitors travel to Rome just to see it. When you watch a big game in a stadium, you're seeing a Roman idea!</p>
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<h3>✏️ Reading Questions</h3>
<p>1. About how many people could the Colosseum hold?</p>
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<p>2. What was the velarium for?</p>
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<p>3. Why did the Colosseum have 80 entrances?</p>
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<h3>📊 Then and Now</h3>
<p style="font-size:10.5px; color:#555;">Write B if BOTH the Colosseum and modern stadiums have it, or C if only the Colosseum did.</p>
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<tr><td>Lots of numbered entrances</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>A roof that can cover the top</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Rope-powered elevators under the floor</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Huge cheering crowds</td><td></td></tr>
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<h3>✏️ Fill in the Blanks</h3>
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<span>Colosseum</span><span>arches</span><span>velarium</span><span>gladiators</span><span>50,000</span>
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<p>1. Rome's giant stadium is called the <span class="fill-blank-line"></span>.</p>
<p>2. It could hold about <span class="fill-blank-line"></span> people.</p>
<p>3. Its walls are stacked rings of <span class="fill-blank-line"></span>.</p>
<p>4. Fighters called <span class="fill-blank-line"></span> competed there.</p>
<p>5. The cloth roof was called the <span class="fill-blank-line"></span>.</p>
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<h3>🧠 Think About It</h3>
<p>1. How is the Colosseum like a stadium you've seen today? Name two ways.</p>
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<p>2. Would you have liked to visit the Colosseum in Roman times? Why or why not?</p>
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<h3>🎨 Draw It!</h3>
<p style="font-size:10.5px; color:#555;">Draw the Colosseum with its rings of arches — and a huge crowd inside watching a show.</p>
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