In a famous prophesy a medieval monk known as Venerable Bede wrote that "Rome will exist as long as the Colosseum does; when the Colosseum falls so will Rome; when Rome falls so will the world.” While ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: A normal ticket includes the Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill (valid for 24 hours) and you can visit all three in one day. It doesn't include a visit to the Colosseum's ...

Tickets to the Colosseum were typically free. But the 50,000 ancient Romans filing in for an event still followed a formal seating scheme. And workers using water to clean and restore the famous ...