Colosseum (Civ6)

Colosseum
World wonder of the Classical Era
Introduced in Civilization VI
Unlocked by	Games and Recreation
Production cost	400
Removed if game started after	Renaissance Era
Effects
+2 Culture, +3 Amenities from entertainment to each City Centers within 6 tiles. +2 Culture, +2 Loyalty and +2 Amenities from entertainment to all City Centers within 6 tiles.

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 "While the Colosseum stands, Rome shall stand; when the Colosseum falls, Rome shall fall; when Rome falls, the world shall fall."
– Saint Bede

The Colosseum is a Classical Era wonder in Civilization VI. It must be built on flat land adjacent to an Entertainment Complex (with an Arena in Rise and Fall).

Vanilla

• Effects:
  • +2 Culture, +3 Amenities from entertainment to each City Center within 6 tiles.

Rise and Fall

• Effects:
  • +2 Culture, +2 Loyalty, +2 Amenities from entertainment to each City Center within 6 tiles.

Strategy

Easily one of the most impactful wonders in the game, the Colosseum is invaluable to players who have many closely-packed cities to benefit from its Culture and Amenities bonuses. Its construction is not too competitive but has a high opportunity cost due to its restriction: it needs to be built next to an Entertainment Complex, the least-used specialty District in the game. The requirements are even more stringent in Rise and Fall, as the Colosseum now needs an Arena as well - an underwhelming building, to say the least. Expending Production on low-priority items but somehow missing out on the Colosseum itself is a huge setback, so civilizations and leaders with unique abilities to hasten wonder and District construction - including Amanitore, Qin Shi Huang, and Egypt, or even Brazil and Byzantium with their cheaper Street Carnival and Hippodrome - should definitely focus on building this wonder. Hammurabi's leader ability gives him a free Arena in the first Entertainment Complex he builds, helping to both accelerate and justify an investment on the Colosseum. The Aztecs can also focus on this because they will want their unique Tlachtli up anyway and they can use Builders to build districts very fast, although they most likely will capture a city that contains the Colosseum from someone else.

One very notable mention is Scotland. The Colosseum has very tight synergy with the Scottish civilization ability, granting them Science, Production, and Great Scientist, and Great Engineer points. Considering Amenities from Entertainment Complexes benefit Scotland hugely, it is certainly important for them to be able to build this wonder.

Civilopedia entry

The Flavian Amphitheater, better known as the “Coliseum” lies in the center of Rome. Construction began during the reign of Emperor Vespasian, c. 72 AD, funded by the spoils from the Jewish Second Temple after the fall of Jerusalem during the First Jewish-Roman War. Built of concrete and stone, it is the largest amphitheater ever built, and one of the great wonders of ancient architecture and engineering. It could hold between 50 and 80 thousand spectators to watch gladiatorial matches, animal hunts, mass executions, and more. By the time medieval Christianity had taken root, it had been repurposed to house low-rent apartments, workshops, quarters for a religious order, a quarry and a Christian shrine. Although knocked about by earthquakes and pillaged by stone-robbers, the Coliseum is still pretty impressive two millennia after the inaugural gladiatorial slaughter.

Gallery

Colosseum completed

The Colosseum, as seen in-game

Related achievements

District 12 Build every district type in one city and the Colosseum In the book series The Hunger Games, contestants from 12 districts compete in a televised fight to the death in a custom-made arena.

See also

• Colosseum in other games