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Tataryn, Amphitheatre Map, 7 November 2013

Tags: amphitheatre, Arena, Athletics, City, Competition, Culture, Entertainment, Entertainment Space, Late Antiquity, Map, Roman City, Roman Culture, roman empire, Spectacle, Spectator, Sports, Stadium, Urbanism

Carole Raddato, Amphitheatre Durres, Albania, 7 July 2016

Over 200 Roman amphitheaters have been found across Europe, Africa, and Asia. Unfourtnantly, many of these are hardly recognizable as amphitheaters…

Tags: Albania, amphitheatre, Arena, Athletics, City, Competition, Culture, Entertainment, Entertainment Space, Late Antiquity, Roman City, Roman Culture, roman empire, Spectacle, Spectator, Sports, Stadium, Urbanism

...trialsanderros, Colosseum 19th Century, 1890-1900

Tags: amphitheatre, Arena, Athletics, City, Colosseum, Competition, Culture, Entertainment, Entertainment Space, Flavian, Late Antiquity, Roman City, Roman Culture, roman empire, Roman Icon, Roman Monument, Rome, Spectacle, Spectator, Sports, Stadium, Urbanism

Christian Abend, Opera at Verona Amphitheatre, 29 June 2006

The arena in Verona, Italy dates to around 30CE and could originally hold up to 30,000 people. Now the city hosts world-famous opera and ballet…

Tags: amphitheatre, Arena, Athletics, City, Competition, Culture, Entertainment, Entertainment Space, Late Antiquity, Modern, Opera, Roman City, Roman Culture, roman empire, Spectacle, Spectator, Sports, Stadium, Urbanism

Boris Licina, Pula, Croatia Arena, July 2006

Built between 27BCE and 68CE, this arena in Pula, Croatia, is one of the largest surviving Roman arenas. Although its conception is not Late Antique,…

Tags: amphitheatre, Arena, Ariel, Athletics, City, Competition, Croatia, Culture, Entertainment, Entertainment Space, Late Antiquity, Pula, Roman City, Roman Culture, roman empire, Spectacle, Spectator, Sports, Stadium, Urbanism

Jona Lendering, Statue of Ceres Augusta from Theatre Temple at Lepcis Magna, 2017

This statue of Ceres Augusta, the grain goddess, adorned the theatre temple in Lepcis Magna, Libya. She has the features of Livia Augusta, mother of…

Tags: Ceres Augusta, City, Culture, Drama, Entertainment, Female, Imperial Cult, Late Antiquity, Pagan, Paganism, Performance, Performance Space, Political, Politics, Religion, Roman Culture, roman empire, Statue, Temple, Theater, Theatre, Theatre Temple, Urbanism, Woman, Women

Jona Lendering, Theatre Temple at Lepcis Magna, 2017

After the construction of the Theatre at Lepcis Magna, Libya, a small temple dedicated to Ceres Augusta was added. Placing a temple at or near the…

Tags: City, Culture, Drama, Emperor, Empire, Entertainment, Imperial Cult, Late Antiquity, Lepcis Magna, Pagan, Paganism, Performance, Performance Space, Religion, Roman Culture, roman empire, Ruins, Temple, Theater, Theatre, Theatre Temple, Urbanism

Marco Prins, Lepcis Magna Theatre Inscription, 2017

As a form of patronage, theatres were often renovated in the name of emperors, their family, or other importnat officials. To commemorate this,…

Tags: City, Culture, Dedication, Drama, Emperor, Empire, Entertainment, Epigraphic, Epigraphy, Honor, Imperial Cult, Inscription, Late Antiquity, Lepcis Magna, Patronage, Performance, Performance Space, Roman Culture, roman empire, Theater, Theatre, Urbanism

David Gunn, Theatre at Lepcis Magna, 16 September 2006

Built at Lepcis Magna, Libya during the first or second century CE, this theatre is part of a large entertainment complex also containing a circus and…

Tags: Africa, City, Culture, Drama, Entertainment, Late Antiquity, Lepcis Magna, Libya, North Africa, Performance, Performance Space, Roman Culture, roman empire, Theater, Theatre, Urbanism

Hazel Dodge, Orange Theatre Plan with Labels, Bristol Classics Press, 2011

One of the best-preserved theaters from Late Antiquity, the Orange theatre in southern France provides an excellent example of ancient theater design.…

Tags: Architecture, City, Culture, Drama, Entertainment, France, Late Antiquity, Orange Theatre, Performance, Performance Space, Plan, Roman Culture, roman empire, Theater, Theatre, Theatre Plan, Urbanism