The underground level of the colosseum has not been used for 1700 years now it is open and you can visit the very place where gladiators prepared for their thrilling games and where lions wolves ostriches and other wild animals were kept before they were lifted up from the bowels of the colosseum and disgorged into the arena wersquoll explore the colosseum highlighting the underground level the arena level and the third tierndashareas from the third tier yoursquoll have a panorami