![]() But in 2018 experts began renovating the hidden system of passageways, so tourists would be able to roam where gladiators and wild animals once prepared for combat.Īs Angela Giuffrida reports for the Guardian, officials unveiled the newly renovated hypogeum in a ceremony last Friday. Once the Roman Empire collapsed in 476 A.D., almost two-thirds of the Colosseum-including the network of subterranean chambers, also known as the hypogeum-fell into a state of disrepair. To make these gruesome displays possible, Roman architects and engineers designed an elaborate set of tunnels below the arena's wooden floor. ![]() ![]() Thousands of people in ancient Rome watched enslaved men, convicted criminals and untamed animals battle in a large amphitheater known as the Colosseum. ![]()
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