The Colosseum, originally the Flavian Amphitheater, was built in 72AD. It still stands today in modern Rome. Watch this video to learn more facts about this ancient Roman artifact.

Choose one of the projects below (or come up with your own idea) to recreate the Colosseum.

When you're done, take a picture or screenshot of your project. Write an explanation of your project and share your photo and description in two ways.

• Upload to Instagram and tag it #onlineunitstudies #ancientrome @techiehomeschoolmom
• Upload your picture to your family's "Online Unit Studies" Pinterest board.

Project Ideas

Build the Colosseum on Minecraft

• CLICK HERE to see images of Colosseum builds
• CLICK HERE to view details of another crafter's design

Engineer a model of the Colosseum with Legos or blocks. (You may want to just create a portion of it)

• CLICK HERE to see models other builders have made
• THIS LINK shows the steps another creator took to build the Colosseum.

Make a model Colosseum out of Styrofoam.

• CLICK HERE for directions

Draw the Colosseum

• CLICK HERE to learn how.