[1] Earlier arenas were temporary structures that were disassembled after the event.

The amphitheatre was built by Titus Statilius Taurus, who paid for it from his own resources.

Statilius Taurus was a successful general and politician in the time of emperor Augustus and had gathered much wealth during his career.

The exact location is lost, but it was probably built in the southern area of the Campus Martius.

[3] In 72 AD, Vespasian built a new, much larger stone amphitheatre in Rome.