Icons of the game have issued numerous prodigious blasts worthy of awe, but the actual distance is apocryphal and subject to much hyperbole. Examples include: Mickey Mantle - 660 Feet. Mickey Mantle - 634 feet. On 4/15/1961, Cincinnati Reds outfielder Wally Post hit a shot in St. Louis that traveled 569 feet. In the news article from the Cincinnati papers, Stan Musial was quoted it was by far the longest homer he ever witnessed.
Seating at the Colosseum-The Auditorium (the Cavea) The auditorium or seating area of the Colosseum was called the cavea which surrounded the central arena. The arena was the area of the Colosseum where the events were held and was separated from the seating areas by a massive wall, faced with marble.here was no wood used in the seating area of the Colosseum. The seating at the Colosseum consisted of concrete barrel vaulting which held the marble seating that was eventually installed. The seats were made of marble, numbered with lines inscribed on the marble showing the limits of each seat.
The Colosseum's original Latin name was Amphitheatrum Flavium, often anglicized as Flavian Amphitheater. The building was constructed by emperors of the Flavian dynasty, hence its original name. This name is still used frequently in modern English, but it is generally unknown.nlike earlier amphitheatres that were built into hillsides, the Colosseum is an entirely free-standing structure. It is elliptical in plan and is 189 metres (615 ft / 640 Roman feet) long, and 156 metres (510 ft / 528 Roman feet) wide, with a base area of 6 acres.