How was the Colosseum by sunny weather covered?
There were different ways to cover the Colosseum. Im going to tell some possibilitys of how people think they covered the Colosseum: The rope construction: People placed 240 beams round at the upper floor of the Colosseum. They used 6-km ropes (very big and strong ones of course). They made the ropes fast on the beams in 2 lines. The upper line was hold up by the lower line. (the ropes went from the beam to the ? middle of the Colosseum, not from beam to beam) They made a long cloth (called VELUM) fast on the ropes with rings. And then almost everything was covered by the VELUM except the part of the Colosseum where gladiators, animals etc. fought. Minus points: – The wind could come under the VELUM very easily and then it would wave very hard. – The rings were absolutely not strong. – It took 4 days to put it all on and 4 days to put it all of. This does work but it isnt handy. The Beam method: People placed a big beam in the Colosseum and that came out above the Colosseum. They place
