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When the Colosseum was built in the late 1st century AD the Romans a people known for their architectural acumen managed to amaze themselves Martial a Roman poet writing during the inauguration of the Colosseum clearly believed the Colosseum was so grand a monument that it was even greater than the other Wonders of the Ancient World which had been written about and visited endlessly by the Romans and Greeks in antiquity Indeed although the Wonders were wondrous to behold the Colosseum was a spectacular achievement in architecture something new and innovative and therefore an amazing Wonder in its own way