Historic Illustrations of Art and Architecture: Roman Secular Buildings, Theatres, Palaces, Tombs, etc.

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Title/Description: Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater)
View Description: : [L] section; [R] elevation
Original Caption: Roman Secular Buildings, Theatres, Palaces, Tombs, etc.; Colosseum. Section and elevation. Begun under Vespasian, finished under Titus 80 A.C.
Location: Rome, Italy
Category: Ancient Rome
Style Period: Roman, Early Empire
Subject: Rome--Colosseum
Date: 72-80 C.E.
Dimensions: 10.5 x 12.55 cm.
Source: Architecture, Sculpture, and the Industrial Arts Among the Nations of Antiquity / a series of illustrations arranged chronologically, and forming an atlas, to be used in connection with any work on the history of art. Authorized American edition, published under the supervision of S. R. Koehler. Boston: L. Prang and Company, 1879. Series I.
Type: engraving
Page Plate Figure: Plate 18, figure 7
File ID: Prang18_7
Catalog Info Source: Allan T. Kohl