The Colosseum was used for other purposes too. Emperor Trajan had eleven thousand animals killed to celebrate a victory. Christians were thrown to the lions without mercy. Emperor Constantine banned any further persecution of Christians in A.D. 312. Gladiators still fought and animals were hunted almost into extinction until A.D. 404 when Emperor Honorius stopped the killing in the Colosseum altogether.
The Colosseum or Flavian Amphitheater, as it was also known, was used for bullfights in later centuries. It was also used as a quarry and many blocks of stone were removed. But it has survived through many centuries and scientists have learned a lot about the Romans with help from the remains of the Colosseum.
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"Colosseum." World Book. 2001, Vol.4, pp. 849-850.
A Message of Ancient Days. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1991. pp. 436-438.
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