ROME: It was the last thing they would see: a trapdoor opening in the floor of the Colosseum to unleash a snarling lion or bear, which sprang for the jugular as the crowds roared. Where prisoners ...
Rescuers at the tower near the Colosseum worked for 11 hours before removing the man who had been pinned under rubble and debris. He later died in the hospital. By Elisabetta Povoledo and Ali Watkins ...