The Colosseum by Mary Beard, Keith Hopkins

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/48 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Colosseum Series: Wonders of the World Author: Mary Beard, Keith Hopkins Narrator: Joan Walker Format: mp3 Length: 4 hrs and 52 mins Release date: 12-03-19 Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 63 ratings Genres: Architecture Publisher's Summary: Byron and Hitler were equally entranced by Rome's most famous monument, the Colosseum. Mid-Victorians admired the hundreds of varieties of flowers in its crannies and occasionally shuddered at its reputation for contagion, danger, and sexual temptation. Today it is the highlight of a tour of Italy for more than three million visitors a year, a concert arena for the likes of Paul McCartney, and a national symbol of opposition to the death penalty. Its ancient history is chock full of romantic but erroneous myths.