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Colosseum Interior, 2014

Passageways and chambers existed below the Colosseum's arena floor. Here both gladiators and animals waited, ready to fight.

Tags: amphitheatre, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Arches, Arena, Athletics, Byzantium, Cities, City, Colosseum, Competition, Culture, Early Middle Ages, Entertainment, Entertainment Space, Fall of Rome, Interior, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Monuments, Passageways, Roman City, Roman Culture, roman empire, Rome, Spectacle, Spectator, Sports, Stadium, Urbanism

Colosseum Interior 2, 2014

Tags: amphitheatre, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Arches, Arena, Athletics, Byzantium, Cities, City, Colosseum, Competition, Culture, Early Middle Ages, Entertainment, Entertainment Space, Fall of Rome, Interior, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Monuments, Roman City, Roman Culture, roman empire, Rome, 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

Inside of Colosseum in Rome, 2014

The outside of the Colosseum was adorned with arches, while the inside contained seating and arched passageways leading to different sections and…

Tags: amphitheatre, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Arena, Athletics, Byzantium, Chambers, Cities, City, Colosseum, Competition, Culture, Early Middle Ages, Entertainment, Entertainment Space, Fall of Rome, Interior, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Monuments, Passageways, Roman City, Roman Culture, roman empire, Rome, Spectacle, Spectator, Sports, Stadium, Urbanism

Mosborne01, Interior of Amphitheatre at Pompeii, 8 March 2014

Built between 70-65BCE, the amphitheatre at Pompeii is not Late Antique, but the interior view shows that the basic architecture and layout of these…

Tags: amphitheatre, Ancient, Arena, Athletics, City, Competition, Culture, Entertainment, Entertainment Space, Italy, Late Antiquity, Pompeii, 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

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

Subterranean Passageway in Colosseum, 2014

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