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Diego Delso, Amphitheatre in Italica, Spain, 6 December 2015

This amphitheatre near modern day Seville was built between 117-138CE and could hold up to 25,000 people. It is situated in Italica, the first Roman…

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

Twen, Amphitheatre in Avenches, Switzerland, 28 August 2011

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

Visit Wales Agents, Amphitheatre Caerleon, Wales, 12 September 2010

Caerleon, now in Wales, was primarily a military headquarters, as such, this amphitheater was used for military displays.

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

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

Carole Raddato, Curved Stadium at Aphrodisias, 5 April 2015

In western Turkey, the stadium at Aphrodisias was built during the later first century CE. Its unique curved shape allowed the space to accommodate…

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

Agnieszka Wolska, Interior of El Djem Amphitheatre, 5 April 2009

Built during the first part of the 3rd Century CE, this amphitheater in Tunisia is incredibly similar to the Colosseum in Rome. In this image, arched…

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