tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post5779829258519818108..comments2024-03-28T22:25:17.706+00:00Comments on New Elementary: LEGO® parts, sets and techniques: The Historical ColosseumAdminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05188856208086872634noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-46790916843710812022020-12-01T19:14:51.807+00:002020-12-01T19:14:51.807+00:00Tremendously informative and gives great context t...Tremendously informative and gives great context to the model. Thanks for writing and publishing this.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03971160259763681021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-28194144418813762102020-11-29T02:55:18.276+00:002020-11-29T02:55:18.276+00:00Seconded!
Seconded!<br />Adminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188856208086872634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-90889304271306714712020-11-29T02:55:07.669+00:002020-11-29T02:55:07.669+00:00Awesome!Awesome!Adminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188856208086872634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-5582511991910973302020-11-29T02:54:48.892+00:002020-11-29T02:54:48.892+00:00I'm glad we mixed things up for you in the rig...I'm glad we mixed things up for you in the right way, Duq! Adminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188856208086872634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-25205006525152710912020-11-29T01:41:00.949+00:002020-11-29T01:41:00.949+00:00I was wondering if it was really an oval, or actua...I was wondering if it was really an oval, or actually an ellipse. This article from 2004 is inconclusive, even with modern measurements and statistical analysis of fit to various curvatures.<br /><br /> http://www.the-colosseum.net/architecture/ellipsis.htmJimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06760007904631633167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-77451937193528248882020-11-28T15:00:24.435+00:002020-11-28T15:00:24.435+00:00Marble is not something that I would have ever ass...Marble is not something that I would have ever associated with the Colosseum. Apparently stone seats were upgraded to marble at some point, and those would have been easy to clad a building with. Apparently some of it was also burned to make quicklime, which was used to make mortar for other construction projects.<br /><br />This is all likely a direct result of the various games and events that the Colosseum was known for being banned. As long as it was in regular use, it enjoyed a degree of protection. As soon as it fell out of use, it was just a really huge supply of raw materials that were a lot less expensive to harvest than carving the same stuff out of a mountainside and transporting them into the city. This is the same reason the pyramids at Giza have largely been stripped of their valuable cladding. And once one person starts stripping materials off of it, it encourages further looting.Purple Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-65352538722368665702020-11-28T11:21:41.585+00:002020-11-28T11:21:41.585+00:00Interesting article and indeed not what I was expe...Interesting article and indeed not what I was expecting this morning.<br />I remember our tour guide in Rome telling us that a large part of the marble in St Peter's Basilica came from the Colosseum. Just image what the Colosseum would have looked like, covered in white marble...Duqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13322188050068095512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-51816726261993288172020-11-27T20:26:32.894+00:002020-11-27T20:26:32.894+00:00The set designer indicated that the tiles on the f...The set designer indicated that the tiles on the fourth level are meant to represent another Corinthian feature in addition to the three generations of columns, but I don't remember the term he used, and I'm not familiar at all with what he was referring to.<br /><br />The most recent explanation for the thumb gesture that I've seen was that the thumb was held at a 45 degree angle with the arm fully extended. If it was raised vertical, it indicated mercy. If it was leveled horizontal and drawn back toward the body, that was supposed to represent the drawing of a blade across the throat, and indicated death.<br /><br />The bit about naval battles never made sense to me until I watched the video and found out that the trap room (theatre term for the space below a stage, which enables the use of trap doors) was a later addition. Apparently when the floor was still solid, they could flood the arena for naval battles in the morning, and empty it out fast enough for the sand to dry for gladiatorial combat that same afternoon.<br /><br />Probably the most interesting thing I learned this morning was that tickets were handed out to the public, but that they were assigned to a specific entrance based on where in the city they lived. They didn't have cars back then, and the general populace would have mostly arrived on foot, so I'm sure the numbering system made perfect sense if their assigned entrance faced more or less the direction in which they lived. The wealthy and powerful might have been ferried there, in which case the four main gates could have given them the space needed to handle that process and hang around while waiting for their passengers to emerge at the conclusion.Purple Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-17497162489211718632020-11-27T13:27:48.213+00:002020-11-27T13:27:48.213+00:00Kevin FTW!Kevin FTW!benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11174955338610582509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-8265677357529124462020-11-27T13:17:01.122+00:002020-11-27T13:17:01.122+00:00This was not what I was expecting to read this mor...This was not what I was expecting to read this morning, but yes, I was quite entertained! Thanks!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15337069445010572107noreply@blogger.com