TIL the Roman Colosseum could be flooded to host full-scale naval battles. Using aqueduct-fed channels, it transformed into a lake where warships reenacted sea battles.

IamNobuddy@lemmy.world · 7 days ago

TIL the Roman Colosseum could be flooded to host full-scale naval battles. Using aqueduct-fed channels, it transformed into a lake where warships reenacted sea battles.

glimse@lemmy.world · 6 days ago

(am I assuming correctly that autocorrect changed “I’m wondering” to “in win-win”?)

From what I saw, they don’t really know since the basement has been renovated. What I want to know is how they sealed it in a way that could be reversed

Akasazh@feddit.nl · 6 days ago

Yeah you were correct, just fixed it.

TIL the Roman Colosseum could be flooded to host full-scale naval battles. Using aqueduct-fed channels, it transformed into a lake where warships reenacted sea battles.

TIL the Roman Colosseum could be flooded to host full-scale naval battles. Using aqueduct-fed channels, it transformed into a lake where warships reenacted sea battles.

Roman Colosseum: Sea Battles, Engineering and Social Hierarchy