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72
Coliseum was made
The coliseum was built under the Flavian emperors in 70 and 72 AD.in Rome -
75
Gladiators fought
Bloody fights were held with 70,000 watching others fight to the death -
438
Gladiator fights were outlawed
Gladiator fights were outlawed in 438 AD. -
438
The coliseum was being looted
The same year as the outlawing of gladiator fights, scavengers started looting the coliseum. -
438
Pope Benedict XIV stopped the looting
Pope Benedict stopped the looting of the coliseum -
Coliseum is turned into a holy site
In 1744 Pope Benedict turned the coliseum into a holy site -
Coliseum is now a place for tourism
The coliseum is no longer used and is now a popular place to go to in Rome
