The Colossseum The Colosseum or Coliseum , otherwise called the Flavian Amphitheater m. Development started under the head Vespasianin AD 72 and was finished in AD 80 under his successor and beneficiary, Titus.Further changes were made amid the rule of Domitian (81– 96).These three rulers are known as the Flavian administration, and the amphitheater was named in Latin for its relationship with their family name (Flavius). The Colosseum could hold, it is assessed, somewhere in the range of 50,000 and 80,000 spectators.having a normal gathering of people of some 65,000; it was utilized for gladiatorial challenges and open displays, for example, mock ocean fights (for just a brief timeframe as the hypogeum was before long filled in with systems to help different exercises), creature chases, executions, re-authorizations of popular fights, and shows dependent on Classical folklore. The structure stopped to be utilized for amusement in the ...