Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Iyo amphitheatre yeRoma yekutanga inozivikanwa yakavakwa muPompeii nevakoroni veSullan, munenge muna 70 BC. Yokutanga muguta reRoma yakanga iri nhandare inoshamisa yemapuranga yaGaius Scribonius Curio (yakavakwa muna 53 BC). Chivako chokutanga chematombo muRoma chakavhurwa muna 29-30 B.C.E., panguva yakakodzera nokuda kwokukunda katatu kwaOctavian (akazova Augustus). Nokukurumidza pashure pokunge yapiswa muna 64 AD, Vespasian akavamba kuchitsiva, gare gare kwakazivikanwa seAmphitheatrum Flavium (Colosseum), iyo yaigona kugamuchira vanhu 50 000 uye yaizoramba iri huru muUmambo. Yakagadzwa naTitus muna 80 AD sechipo chomunhu oga choMambo kuvanhu veRoma, chakabhadharwa nomugove woumambo wezvokurwa pashure pokumukira kwechiJudha
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