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[dramatic music] Narrator: When priscus arrives in rome, The colosseum is in the final stage of construction. It's called the flavian amphitheater, After vespasian flavius, The emperor who commissioned it To appease the people of rome. But when vespasian dies, the city his son titus Now rules becomes even more restless. - Rome is a very strange place at this time. There is a huge
slave population, So the people who live in rome,
a lot of them aren't working
slave population, So the people who live in rome,
a lot of them aren't working
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[dramatic music]
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Narrator:
When priscus arrives in rome,
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The colosseum is in the final
stage of construction.
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It's called
the flavian amphitheater,
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After vespasian flavius,
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The emperor
who commissioned it
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To appease the people of rome.
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But when vespasian dies,
the city his son titus
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Now rules
becomes even more restless.
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- Rome is a very strange place
at this time.
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There is a huge
slave population,
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So the people who live in rome,
a lot of them aren't working.
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Movie Summary
It showcases the rise and fall of the Roman Empire through the Colosseum, one of the most exhilarating and brutal arenas in the history of humanity.