where was the roman colosseum located?
Rome
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 Construction of the Flavian Amphitheatre , presently better known as the Colosseum , was begun in 70 under Vespasian and finally completed in 80 under Titus . In addition to providing spectacular entertainments to the Roman populace , the building was also conceived as a gigantic triumphal monument to commemorate the military achievements of the Flavians during the Jewish wars . 

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 Construction of the Colosseum started under Vespasian in a low valley surrounded by the Caelian , Esquiline and Palatine hills . The site became available to Nero by the Great Fire of Rome in AD 64 and redeveloped for his personal enjoyment with the construction of a huge artificial lake in the Domus Aurea , and a colossal statue of himself . 

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 Pausanias ( c . 150 C.E. ) records ( I.29 ) seeing the tomb of Pericles along a road near the Academy . 

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 The Temple of Nabu and the Roman theater were built on the colonnade 's southern side . Behind the theater were a small senate building and the large Agora , with the remains of a triclinium ( banquet room ) and the Tariff Court . A cross street at the western end of the colonnade leads to the Camp of Diocletian , built by Sosianus Hierocles ( the Roman governor of Syria ) . Nearby are the Temple of Al @-@ lāt and the Damascus Gate . 

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 The stone in the Capitoline Temple was believed to have been among the altars located on the Capitoline Hill before the Temple was built under Tarquinius Priscus ( traditional reign 616 – 579 BC ) or Tarquinius Superbus ( 535 – 510 BC ) . When the augurs took the auspices to discover whether the god or goddess of each altar was content for it to be moved , Terminus refused permission , either alone or along with Juventas the goddess of youth . The stone was therefore included within the Capitoline Temple , and its immovability was regarded as a good omen for the permanence of the city 's boundaries . 
