Info Of Exhibition Reveals Hidden History Of Colosseum Subsequently The Autumn Of Rome, From Medieval Fortresses To Slaughterhouses

An artist's impression of the timber walkway used yesteryear soldiers guarding the medieval fortress that was built into the side of the Colosseum CREDIT: COLOSSEUM EXHIBITION

Archaeologists inward Rome convey discovered the remains of a timber walkway used yesteryear soldiers guarding a fortress built into the remains of the Colosseum during the Middle Ages.

Gladiatorial contests together with other glasses held inward the massive amphitheatre solid soil to a stop yesteryear the 6th century AD alongside the collapse of the Roman Empire and the arena was gradually appropriated for other uses inward succeeding centuries. 

By the twelfth century a powerful baronial family, the Frangipane, had commandeered the Colosseum together with built a formidable fortress into its southern flank. The walkway was built on the overstep tier of the amphitheatre, enabling the clan’s soldiers to sentry out for enemy forces.  The Frangipane were at country of war alongside roughly other household unit of measurement of Roman nobles, the Annibaldi.

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