英语词汇colosseum的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	colosseum
词源	Colosseum. Its size had nothing to do with the name of the Roman arena called the Colosseum, which gives its name to all coliseums. The original Colosseum took its name for a colossal statue of Nero that stood near it, the statue placed there after the dissolute emperor’s palace had been destroyed, when Rome burned. See theater.
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