today the colosseum is nothing more than a photo opportunity. not for long. in a tweet posted sunday night italy's culture minister championed the idea of replacing the colosseum's floor, a century after it was taken off. the idea was floated by an italian archeologist, who wrote in a magga seem that the -- magazine that the colosseum should go back to being a theatre. >> many come from all over the world to see it. what do the people want to see? they want to see a place where gladiators fought, where that took place. all they see now is a hole. let's rebuild the floor and restore it to 2,000 years ago. >> reporter: tourists like the idea and like some of their own. >> of course. commerce, tourism. >> yes, if they could have it, it would be cool. music shows or something. that would be nice. >> the opera, or something like that. that would be nice, perhaps. >> reporter: modern day gladiators support the plan, as long as they don't have to fight lions. >> translation: it's a good idea. the colosseum would go back to what it used to do. >> reporter: the brief

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with its massive facade of superimposed arches the colosseum seems to express in stone the grandiose dreams of all empire-builders. but it was a most functional building-- its gates numbered for ticket holders its concentric vaulted corridors designed to funnel 50,000 spectators to their seats with maximum efficiency. built of stone, brick, and concrete the colosseum's huge oval interior offered every roman an unobstructed vi of the slaughter in the arena below-- arena being the latin word for the sand that covered the wooden floor and absorbed the blood. today the colosseum impresses us more as an amazing feat of architecture than as a work of art, though it strongly influenced the design of both renaissance palaces and modern sports arenas. this thr-dimensional scale model depicts rome in the fourth century, virtually at the end of its spectular imperial building program. of all the great constructions throughout the empire, one stands above all others ashe crowning achievement of roman architecte-- the pantheon. fittingly, it is a work that expresses not the ugliness of our baser

and what a superb idea to use the colosseum for inspiration. a perfect touch.ave enough mustard. what do you mean? this game's a blast! how many home runs have we seen? you don't mind that lefty's not pitching a perfect game? i'll see one someday. yoo-hoo! over here! we need more peanuts! (sighs) you can never get those vendors when you need them. wait a minute. that's what this stadium needs. a light that flashes over your seat whenever you need something. (groans) francine: the buttons could be on the armrest. it will be perfect! and now... my name is tyler, and this is second grade, and we're working on cities. what do we need to make a city work? a city hall? fire station? the hospital? we started with a whiteboard, and then we put some roads on it. we need roads in our city so people can drive. are there other forms of transportation in the city? train. a bike. a bus. you could walk. you could walk around a city. a helicopter. do you take a helicopter home from school? sometimes. teacher: oh, my goodness. tyler: when you design a city, you should put the r

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