An American tourist's visit to the Colosseum in Rome took a turn for the terrifying after the man impaled himself on a fence ...

The Colosseum dates back to 72 A.D. and was the largest amphitheater in the Roman Empire, a place where thousands gathered to watch gladiators fight. Today it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and ...

An American tourist was impaled in the Roman Colosseum after trying to climb a fence for a selfie, the 47-year-old was trying to get a better angle when he fell into the spikes falling unconscious, he ...

The Colosseum ... at the time as an illegal party. Completed in AD 80 under the Flavian emperors, the Colosseum—commonly described as the largest amphitheatre built across the Roman Empire ...

According to the Los Angeles Times, in 2015, two California women ... Built in 72 AD, the Colosseum is the largest amphitheater of the Roman Empire and once hosted thousands of spectators for ...

In Rome’s Colosseum and other amphitheatres in cities ... direct physical evidence of human-animal combat from ancient Roman times, the researchers said. Wild animals used in such spectacles ...

it is not the only time in recent years that tourists have caused problems in Rome and beyond. In June 2023, an American tourist named Ryan Lutz filmed a man carving “Ivan + Hayley 23/6/23” onto the ...

In its long and varied history, the Colosseum hosted tens of thousands of spectators at a time for various public spectacles, served as a public market and living space, and endured various natural ...

The incident occurred around 5 p.m. local time, as crowds gathered near the popular ancient Roman site. Witnesses told local media that the man appeared to be trying to get a closer view of the ...