pilae tiles were on the floor of the colosseum.
what is on the floor of the colosseum?
pilae tiles
pope pius v (1566–1572) is said to have recommended that pilgrims gather sand from the arena of the colosseum to serve as a relic, on the grounds that it was impregnated with the blood of martyrs, although some of his contemporaries did not share his conviction. a century later fioravante martinelli listed the colosseum at the head of a list of places sacred to the martyrs in his 1653 book "roma ex ethnica sacra". martinelli's book evidently had an effect on public opinion; in response to cardinal altieri's proposal some years later to turn the colosseum into a bullring, carlo tomassi published a pamphlet in protest against what he regarded as an act of desecration. the ensuing controversy persuaded pope clement x to close the colosseum's external arcades and declare it a sanctuary.
colosseum
bullet::::- strahan coliseum, san marcos, texas





























bullet::::- tad smith coliseum, oxford, mississippi





























bullet::::- tingley coliseum, albuquerque, new mexico





























bullet::::- toyota coliseum, now state fair coliseum, syracuse, new york





























bullet::::- tulsa coliseum, tulsa, oklahoma (destroyed by fire in 1952)





























bullet::::- washington coliseum, washington, dc (historic and defunct)





























bullet::::- williams arena at minges coliseum, greenville, north carolina





























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bullet::::- colosseum kino, oslo, norway





























bullet::::- london colosseum, london, uk (1827–74)





























bullet::::- the colosseum (manhattan), apartment building on riverside drive in new york





























bullet::::- the colosseum at caesars palace in las vegas





























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bullet::::- calumet colosseum, ice hockey arena in calumet, michigan,
colosseum (disambiguation)