The Colosseum: The Flavian Ampitheatre
Mon, Aug 17
|Online Conference Room
Enjoy an in-depth virtual visit to a new site we are exploring online: the Colosseum, officially known as the Flavian Ampitheatre! Part 2 of 3 in our series on Ancient Rome.
Time & Location
Aug 17, 2020, 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM EDT
Online Conference Room
About the Event
Enjoy a high-quality virtual visit back in time to Ancient Rome. Staying safe and staying home, you will enjoy a decade's worth of insights gleaned from leading pilgrims and patrons through the beauitful & compelling drama of sacred beauty and ancient history. It is also a perfect opportunity to get some real *insider* information with a small group of online friends.
The theme of this virtual visit will focus on the famous Colosseum, known in antiquity as the Flavian Ampitheatre. Or just: THE AMPITHEATRE. Entertainment + Propaganda + Forming Roman Identity, all on a scale that astonished ancient Romans...and continues to astonish us today.
Specfically, we will investigate how the Romans were people whlo became obsessed with two things: engineering and winning. It was how they came to engineer an empire. This fascination with victory lives on with us today: from winning elections to winning a sporting match, we follow…
Tickets
Premium Virtual Visit
This ticket includes admission to a virtual visit & vino vero session for 60 minutes, including additional resources. See event description for inclusions & exclusions.
$18.00
+$0.45 ticket service fee
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