Roman sailors were used to put up the velarium when it was needed.
Roman colosseum cross section awning.
The colosseum or coliseum ˌ k ɒ l ə ˈ s iː ə m kol ə see əm also known as the flavian amphitheatre latin.
The colosseum or flavian amphitheatre is a large ellipsoid arena built in the first century ce under the roman emperors of the flavian dynasty.
There were sockets for 240 wooden beams at the top of the colosseum to support an awning.
Sailors of the imperial fleet who often did not have any other work to do were stationed nearby so that they could move the awning to shield spectators from the sun.
Anfiteatro flavio aɱfiteˈaːtro ˈflaːvjo or colosseo kolosˈsɛːo is an oval amphitheatre in the centre of the city of rome italy built of travertine limestone tuff volcanic rock and brick faced concrete it was the largest.
This image provides a cross section of the coliseum.
The main floor of the colosseum was composed of wooden blocks covered with sand.
You can see from the hypogeum the different levels of seating to the velarium.
The velarium to keep the hot sun and the rain off of spectators there was a retractable awning called the velarium.
The velarium was the awning that provided coolness for the spectators.
The roman colosseum originally called amphitheatrum flavium flavian amphitheatre is modelled as it was in its glory days at the time of the inaugural games in 80 ad under roman emperor titus.
Vespasian 69 79 ce titus 79 81 ce and domitian 81 96.
There were 240 wooden masts around the top of the stadium to support the awning.
On a hot day the awning would be pulled across to provide instant air conditioning.
A poet talking about a theater maybe 75 100 years before the colosseum was built talks about awnings that were made of purple red and yellow and they dyed the audience underneath in these.
The set contains the famous façade fascia.