4 million gallons in seven hours .............. now that's a
waterfall!
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Riddle of Colossal flooding solved
How Rome relived sea battles
by Shan Ross
THE mystery of the flooded amphitheatre has puzzled historians and
scientists
for almost 2000 years. But now an Edinburgh engineer has come up with
a theory
for how Emperor Titus flooded the Colosseum in Rome at its opening in
80AD.....
The highlight of the 100-day inauguration was a series of naval
battles
re-enacted in the Colosseum, according to Cassius Dio, chronicler of
ancient
Rome, who said: "Titus suddenly filled this same theatre with water
and brought
in horses and bulls and other domesticated animals that had been
taught to
behave in the liquid element just as on land. He also brought in
people on
ships, who engaged in a sea-fight there, impersonating the Corcyreans
and
Corinthians."

Find out how, he
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/arch...03-0-9-34.html


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