term 2 week 3 Friday Colosseum and roman numerals

Colosseum
1 The Colosseum or Flavian Amphitheatre is a large ellipsoid arena built in the first century CE under theRoman emperors of the Flavian dynasty: Vespasian (69-79 CE), Titus (79-81 CE) and Domitian (81-96 AD)

 

3 The Colosseum could hold, it is estimated, between 50,000 and 80,000 spectators, having an average audience of some 65,000; it was used for gladiatorial contests and public spectacles such as mock sea battles (for only a short time as the hypogeum was soon filled in with mechanisms to support the other activities)

4 Interesting Colosseum Facts: It is also known as the Flavian Amphitheatre because it was built during the Flavian dynasty. It got the name Colosseum because of a statue that was located alongside the amphitheatre called 'the colossus of Nero'. Construction began in 72 AD under the emperor Vespasian.

it is not used today 


roman numerals 

1 any of the letters representing numbers in the Roman numerical system: I = 1, V = 5, X = 10, L = 50, C = 100, D = 500, M = 1,000. In this system a letter placed after another of greater value adds (thus XVI or xvi is 16), whereas a letter placed before another of greater value subtracts (thus XC is 90).

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3 Roman numeric system. The numbers 1 to 10 are usually expressed inRoman numerals as follows: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X. Numbers are formed by combining symbols and adding the values, so II is two (two ones) and XIII is thirteen (a ten and three ones).

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• 1. A letter repeats its value that many times (XXX = 30, CC = 200, etc.). A letter can only be repeated three times.
• 2. If one or more letters are placed after another letter of greater value, add that amount.
3. If a letter is placed before another letter of greater value, subtract that amount.

5 Modern uses. Roman numerals are still used today and can be found in many places. They are still used in almost all cases for the copyright date on films, television programmes, and videos - for example MCMLXXXVI for 1986. ... The numerals are in lower case, gothic script and the 4 is depicted as iv.

aqueducts 

1 An aqueduct is a water supply or navigable channel constructed to convey water. In modern engineering, the term is used for any system of pipes, ditches, canals, tunnels, and other structures used for this purpose. ... Large navigable aqueductsare used as transport links for boats or ships.

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3 Ancient aqueducts were essentially man-made streams conducting water downhill from the natural sources

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