Colloseum Capers

A temple of gold melts in the heat of man-made flames of greed and a monument is built for generations to see. Ancient Romans make off with relics from an ancient Jewish temple, using the loot to build an entertainment complex that would later become a tourist hotspot.

One theory goes that the Collosseum was built with blood money. A temple of gold in Jerusalem was set aflame till it turned into an aureate river. The river cooled to form solid gold pieces which were carried by Roman soldiers into a Rome in ruins. A great fire a few years earlier had razed buildings that once occupied the area which is now the Collosseum.

It was time for an image revamp. Emperor Vespasian started building the amphitheatre. The work continued and was completed under his son Titus and witnessed all the blood and gore of gladiator fights, animal hunts and executions. And the wealth that had originally belonged to the Jews never returned to Jerusalem.


Now, the Collosseum is just another symbol of times gone by... and one more must-visit spot on my bucket list.