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Photography by Douglas Boin (2017) with didactic material located on-site., The late Roman amphitheater at Pollentia (Pollenzo), Italy, with a plan of the excavated town., May 2017

Remains of the late Roman amphitheater at Pollentia (Pollenzo), Italy, on the outskirts of the modern village, with reconstruction drawings and plans…

Tags: Amphitheater, Entertainment, Goths, Italy, Northern Italy, Pollentia

Sergej Marsnjak, Amphitheater of Lepcis Magna, April 2009

The Roman amphitheater of Lepcis Magna, located near the present-day city of Khoms in Libya. During the late antique era, the structure was divided…

Tags: amphitheatre, Cities, Culture, Entertainment, Lepcis Magna, Lybia, Nero, roman, roman empire

Mahieddine Boumendjel, Theatre at Guelma in Algeria, 26 June 2014

This theatre in modern-day Algeria dates to the third century CE.

Tags: Algeria, City, Culture, Entertainment, late antique, Performance, roman empire, Stage, Theatre, Urban

Rabax63, Theatre at Ostia, 16 November 2016

Tags: Ancient, Culture, Entertainment, late antique, Ostia, Performance, Performance Space, Roman City, roman empire, Theater, Theatre

duimdog, Theatre in Sabratha Libya, 10 May 2009

Tags: City, Culture, Entertainment, late antique, Libya, North Africa, Performance, Performance Space, Roman City, roman empire, Sabratha, Theatre, Urban

(ergo), Theatre in Bostra, 28 March 2011

This theatre in southern Syria was built during the second century CE.

Tags: Bostra, Culture, Entertainment, Performance, Performance Space, Theatre, Urban

Zanner, Ruins from the Circus in Milan, 2007

While little remains today, the circus in Milan was an example of a circus existing outside the city center. Built up against the city wall, it still…

Tags: Ancient, Chariot, Circus, City, Entertainment, Horse Racing, Italy, late antique, Milan, roman empire, Ruins, Spectacle, Urban

VonRalph, Circus in Merida, Spain, 6 April 2014

Tags: Chariot, Circus, Entertainment, Hippodrome, Horse Racing, late antique, Merida, Politics, Race, roman empire, spain, Spectacle, Urban

DuiMDog, Circus in Gerasa, Jordan, 13 October 2007

Tags: Athletics, Chariot, Circus, City, Competition, Culture, Entertainment, Hippodrome, Horse Racing, Jordan, Race Track, Racing, Roman Culture, roman empire, Spectacle, Sports, Urbanism

Jean-Louis Lascoux, Pyramid in Vienne, France

This pyramid situated on top of an arch is the only remaining evidence for the circus that once existed in this French city. The pyramid adorned the…

Tags: Arch, Athletics, Circus, City, Competition, Entertainment, France, Hippodrome, Late Antiquity, Monument, Pyramid, Race Track, Racing, Roman Culture, roman empire, Ruins, Spectacle, Sports, Urbanism, Vienne