Colosseum

Colosseum
Colosseum 1560s, M.L. name for the classical Amphitheatrum Flavium (begun c.70 C.E.), lit. neut. of adj. colosseus "gigantic;" perhaps a reference to the colossal statue of Nero that long stood nearby (see COLOSSUS (Cf. colossus)).

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