Two American tourists have been fined £670 ($905) in Rome for illegally breaking into the Colosseum after closing hours.
They had reached the top of the arena’s second ring, where they enjoyed a drink with an amazing view.
They were both spotted by passerby at approximately 5.30 AM local time (or 4.30 GMT) and immediately reported to the Italian authorities.
Cops found them on the main road and made their way to the city center.
For illegally entering Colosseum at night, two American tourists were each fined $905 for drinking beers with a view.
CNN spoke with a representative of Rome’s Carabinieri, who said: “During Monday morning people observed two young men drinking beer in Rome Colosseum. They were facing each other on the second level.
They alerted the police nearby and stopped two young men from Via dei Fori Imperiali.
It remains unclear how the pair managed to break into the historic landmark, which before the pandemic was visited by around 25,000 people a day.
Tourists have been penalized in Rome before for being misbehaved.
A Russian tourist was penalized $22,600 in 2014 for carving K onto the Colosseum walls. This is an Italian crime.
The carabinieri arrested a 32 year-old Irishman for etching his initials on the walls at the landmark in September 2013.
Unnamed man used a metal point to carve two initials onto a pillar within the monument.
In 2014, a Russian tourist was fined £16,827 ($22,600) for carving the letter ‘K’ into the Colosseum walls.
The Roman amphitheater was built under the Flavian emperors, and its construction began sometime between 70 and 72 CE.
The venue was well-known for its hosting of gladiator and wild animal fights. It also hosted a number of other spectacles and attracted crowds up to 50,000.