Ray and Shirley's Photo Library

Details of the "basement". By the way, you likely have heard the theory or "naval battles" being staged at the Colosseum. Ever wonder how that could be done without getting significant flooding in this "basement"? Well, this theory dates back to a 4th century historian and is now believed to be inacurate. Naval battles were held but at another site in Rome across the Tiber River in Trastevere.

Image Reference: colo163