You can also see the remains of the The Meta Sudans, a large monumental conical fountain in ancient Rome built some time between 89 and 96 under the Flavian emperors, a few years after the completion of the nearby Colosseum. This brick fountain was supposedly used by gladiators to wash and drink after their exertions.
It once looked like this: (upload.wikimedia.org) and you can see an old photo (upload.wikimedia.org) of its ruins here (upload.wikimedia.org).
You can also see the remains of the The Meta Sudans, a large monumental conical fountain in ancient Rome built some time between 89 and 96 under the Flavian emperors, a few years after the completion of the nearby Colosseum. This brick fountain was supposedly used by gladiators to wash and drink after their exertions.
[It once looked like this:](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/Meta_Sudans.jpg) and you can [see an old photo](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Tommaso_Cuccioni_Colosseo_1858.jpg) of its ruins [here](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Colosseum_and_Meta_Sudans%2C_Rome%2C_Italy%2C_1890s.jpg/800px-Colosseum_and_Meta_Sudans%2C_Rome%2C_Italy%2C_1890s.jpg).
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