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The Coliseum, Rome's Stadium

The Coliseum, Rome's Stadium
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     edHelper's suggested reading level:   grades 3 to 4
     Flesch-Kincaid grade level:   4.56

Vocabulary
     challenging words:    canopy, lower, illegal, cruel, ever, masts, stage, below, design, giant, battle, among, huge, longer, level, kinds
     content words:    Flavian Amphitheatre

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The Coliseum, Rome's Stadium
By Sharon Fabian 		  
1     Have you ever been to a football game in a huge stadium? If you have, you were among thousands of fans. Everyone cheered for their side to win. Everyone had fun.
 
2     People in ancient times enjoyed stadium events, too. The Romans had a huge stadium. It was named the Flavian Amphitheatre, and it held 50,000 people. Today, people all over the world call it the Coliseum.
 
3     If you could look down on the top, you would see that it looks like a football stadium. It is oval-shaped. There is a big arena in the center and seats all around.
 
4     The Romans enjoyed watching many kinds of fights there. Today, many of them seem cruel. They would be illegal now, but in ancient Roman times, thousands of people enjoyed these contests.
 
5     Roman fighters, called gladiators, would fight to the death in the Coliseum. There were also events in which hunters hunted wild animals. Sometimes, the arena was even filled with water for a sea battle. Other shows acted out land battles and ancient myths.

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