An American tourist underwent emergency surgery after being impaled ... Flavian emperors, the Colosseum—commonly described as the largest amphitheatre built across the Roman Empire—hosted ...

Dozens of witnesses reportedly looked on in horror as a U.S. tourist visiting Rome screamed in pain after impaling himself on a metal fence at the Colosseum. The man — a 47-year-old American ...

A U.S. citizen was impaled on a fence at the Coloseum in Rome on Friday while trying to ... name and that of his significant other into the Colosseum walls and faced a criminal penalty of up ...

An American, 47, reportedly tried to climb over a fence in Piazza del Colosseo, presumably to get a closer look at the ...

The man was reportedly dangling from the fence for over 20 minutes, screaming in pain, before a emergency workers freed him Alamy A 47-year-old man was impaled at the Colosseum in Rome while ...

A 47-year-old American tourist was impaled after he fell onto a metal fence at the Colosseum in Rome on Friday afternoon.