Rome: The Use Of Monuments And Public Buildings In Ancient Rome

In Rome they had many monuments and public buildings. The monuments and public buildings are used for many different reasons. The monuments and public buildings can be used for “political functions to support or maintain the empire by either propaganda or by keeping citizens entertained and feeling they had a stake in the system.” One monument also is a public building is the Colosseum. The Colosseum was very important back in time. They would use it for many different things. It was mainly used for entertainment and political functions. It could hold up to 50,000 to 80,000 citizens. The use for it when it came to entertainment was when they would hold events were : The Circus Games, Chariot Racing, Gladiatorial Games, The Wild Beast Hunts,