听月水榭

Nearly 2,000 years ago, the Colosseum was built to host gladiator duels, battle reenactments, and other public spectacles. Now, the 50,000-seat stone-and-concrete amphitheater serves Rome in another capacity: as a traffic circle.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Down the Ancient Appian Way," June 1981, National Geographic magazine)

车流经过古斗兽场，罗马，意大利，1981年

O. Louis Mazzatenta摄

将近2000年前，古斗兽场是为举行角斗士决斗、战役重现和其它公众表演而建。现在，这个有着50000个座位的用石头和混凝土建造的竞技场以另外一种功能为罗马服务：作为一个交通环。

（图作而未刊，"漫游古亚平道"，1981年6月，国家地理杂志）