0 a large amphitheatre (= a circular or oval area with seats around it for watching sports and entertainments), especially one built by the ancient Romans:
The people of Hippo were too busy amusing themselves in the local Colosseum to rush to the walls in order to defend themselves.
The theatre is small, a half colosseum in a squashed semicircle decorated with statues of ancient Romans.
Probably the highlight of the afternoon tour was our visit to the Colosseum.
He described the new stadium as the modern-day equivalent of the Roman Colosseum.
It is more like a colosseum of competitive national views.
Viewers looking at the way in which our proceedings are handled might, however, think that there was not quite the life and death immediacy of the gladiators' colosseum.
It can be in the form of theater, amphitheater, colosseum, or hippodrome.
The player can either play in a colosseum or on a quest.
