If short on time in Rome, this should be the best way of doing it, join our small group tour for the Colosseum, the icon and symbol of Rome , the largest amphitheater built during the Roman Empire. In one of our best walking tours our official tour guide will reveal you who founded Rome, the meaning and the importance of an amphitheater in the empire, about the origin and the evolution of the venationes and the munera gladiatoria where thousands of wild animals were captured and trained gladiators were offering public entertainments. At the end of the tour, the guide will give you basic information to reach the entrances to the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill that you will explore on your own. The tickets for these areas are included in the price.