Roma Ieri Oggi has posted yet another old photograph, from 1898, of the Colosseum, with the Meta Sudans:
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The angle on the Meta Sudans is a little unusual, and indicates that the top was not level.
This caused a second photo to be posted, this one from 1865:
![](https://i0.wp.com/www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/meta_sudans_1865.jpg?resize=640%2C360&ssl=1)
Note how much the land level has been lowered between 1865 and 1898!