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-These two volumes contain many illustrated plates from various botanical works for the Florilegium novum and Florilegium and renovatum auctum of Johannes Theodorus de Bry (1561–1623) and others. 1720 : Amphitheatrum zootomicum (Frankfurt am Main). 1742 : Amphitheatrum zootomicum (in Latin) (2 ed.). Frankfurt am Main: Johann David Zunner.
The Amphitheatre of Pompeii in the 1800s, one of the earliest known Roman amphitheatres. It is uncertain when and where the first amphitheatres were built. There are records attesting to temporary wooden amphitheatres built in the Forum Romanum for gladiatorial games from the second century BC onwards, and these may be the origin of the architectural form later expressed in stone. [5]
article "Amphitheatrum" (Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities) Rome: Colosseum at LacusCurtius with Platner article; Small list with details; Several photographs Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine; Google Earth file containing several locations Archived 2020-01-07 at the Wayback Machine
The best-known and largest Roman amphitheatre is the Colosseum in Rome, also known as the Flavian Amphitheatre (Amphitheatrum Flavium), after the Flavian dynasty who had it built. After the ending of gladiatorial games in the 5th century and of staged animal hunts in the 6th, most amphitheatres fell into disrepair.
The Amphitheatre of Statilius Taurus (Latin: Amphitheatrum Statilii Tauri) was a Roman amphitheatre in ancient Rome. The amphitheatre was inaugurated in 29 BC. [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.
Though in ruins, the Flavian Amphitheatre, now known as the Colosseum, still stands today.. The inaugural games were held, on the orders of the Roman Emperor Titus, to celebrate the completion in AD 80 (81 according to some sources) [1] of the Colosseum, then known as the Flavian Amphitheatre (Latin: Amphitheatrum Flavium).
Contemporarily, it was known as a spectacula rather than an amphitheatrum, since the latter term was not yet in use at the time. It was built with the private funds of Gaius Quinctius Valgus and Marcus Porcius (a relative of Cato the Younger). The space was constructed shortly after Pompeii's induction as a Roman colony, and an inscription on ...
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