The Italian word for comrade is compagno, meaning fellow. The word camerata, meaning roommate, is the fascist equivalent.
When the games were held in the forum, the only seats were a limited amount of temporary wooden seating. The Circus Maxima. The Colosseum. The Colosseum In the first century AD, the Roman Emperor Vespasian decided that Rome needed a stadium that would not only satisfy the crowds, but also convince the magnitude that ...
To celebrate the end of Nero's rule, the Emperor Vespasian built the Colosseum on the site of Nero's lake. This was seen as giving back the land to the people of Rome. The Roman's often built monuments to celebrate important events, and the Colosseum is a part of that tradition.