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http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/colosseum-night-mazzatenta.html

Cars Passing the Colosseum, Rome, Italy, 1981
Photograph by O. Louis Mazzatenta

Nearly 2,000 years ago, the Colosseum was built to host gladiator duels, battle reenactments, and other public spectacles. Now, the 50,000-seat stone-and-concrete amphitheater serves Rome in another capacity: as a traffic circle.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Down the Ancient Appian Way,” June 1981, National Geographic magazine)

译文:

罗马圆形大剧场前的车流,罗马,意大利,1981
摄影:O. Louis Mazzatenta

约2000年前，为了举行角斗、战争剧，以及其它公开演出，罗马圆形大剧场建成了。现在，这个5000座的石头混凝土建筑以另一种方式为罗马服务：充当交通环岛。

(照片来源于《沿着亚壁古道》(1981年6月,国家地理杂志)未发表部分)