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The first excavations between 1818 and 1820 revealed the perimeter of the arena before re-covering it, allowing urban expansion in the 19th century to destroy the south half of the amphitheatre remains. From 1956 serious excavations were begun, followed by 1966/67, 1971/72 and 1976/78 campaigns, leading to the exposed remains on show today.
No remains of Amphitheatre located. This is the theatre. [2] Arelate: Arles: France: 1st century AD 136 x 109 Arles Amphitheatre. [2] Still in use today for bull games (where the bulls are not harmed), plays, concerts & events. Argentomagus: Argenton-sur-Creuse: France
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Amphitheatre of the Three Gauls, in Lyon.The pole in the arena is a memorial to the people killed during this persecution. The persecution in Lyon in AD 177 was an outbreak of persecution of Christians in Lugdunum, Roman Gaul (present-day Lyon, France), during the reign of Marcus Aurelius (r.
The altar of the Sanctuary of the Three Gauls, on a dupondius issued under Augustus (Musée d'archéologie nationale de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, inv. 2396 N). The Sanctuary of the Three Gauls (Tres Galliae) (French: Sanctuaire fédéral des Trois Gaules) was the focal structure within an administrative and religious complex established by Rome in the very late 1st century BC at Lugdunum (the ...
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By 19 AD at least one temple, and the first amphitheatre in Gaul (now known as the Amphitheatre of the Three Gauls) had been built down the slopes of the Croix-Rousse hill, next to the Vaise district where Gallic workers worked with precious metals, copper and also glass or pottery on both sides of the Saône lived (the space between Rhone and ...
He was one of the libertini (the Roman social status of freedmen), and commissioned an amphitheatre at Fidenae to be built during the reign of the emperor Tiberius, in 27 CE, to capitalize on the Roman appetite for live sporting entertainment, especially as Tiberius was suppressing the games within Rome itself, causing citizens to seek ...