The Colosseum or Flavian Amphitheatre is a large ellipsoid arena built in the first century CE under the Roman emperors of the Flavian dynasty: Vespasian (69-79 CE), Titus (79-81 CE) and Domitian (81-96 AD).ne of the oldest depictions of the Colosseum appeared on the coins of Titus and shows three tiers, statues in the upper external arches and the large column fountain-the Meta Sudans-which stood nearby.
Since then, both August 14 and August 15 have been known as âVictoryover Japan Day,â or simply âV-J Day.â The term has also been used for September 2, 1945, when Japanâs formal surrender took place aboard the U.S.S. Missouri, anchored in Tokyo Bay.
Events leading up to VJ Day. The Potsdam Declaration, issued by Allied leaders on 26 July 1945, called for Japan to surrender, threatening an ultimatum of prompt and utter destruction if the nation did not. Japan refused and on 6 August, an American B-29 bomber released an atomic bomb over the city of Hiroshima.