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...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

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

B. Fletcher, Circus Maximus Drawing, 2013

The Circus Maximus provided the model for the majority of Roman circuses. Despite this prestige little of the structure remains today, but this…

Tags: Ancient Rome, Athletics, Circus, Circus Maximus, Cities, City, Competition, Drawing, Entertainment, Fall of Rome, Hippodrome, Horse Racing, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Race Track, Racing, Recreation, Roman Culture, roman empire, Rome, Spectacle, Sports, 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 Radatto, Artist's Interpretation of Circus of Camulodunum, Colchester UK, 21 February 2015

Tags: Artist, Athletics, Circus, City, Competition, England, Entertainment, Hippodrome, Late Antiquity, Model, Race Track, Racing, Roman Culture, roman empire, Spectacle, Sports, UK, Urbanism

Carole Raddato, Detail of Gladiator Mosaic Floor, 18 November 2012

Gladiators were often prisoners of war, criminals, salves, volunteers, and sometimes even women. Early battles were fought until the death, but later…

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Art, Bad Kreuznach, Byzantium, Cities, Colosseum, Combat, Culture, Early Middle Ages, Entertainment, Fall of Rome, Fight, Germany, Gladiator, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Monuments, Mosaic, roman empire, Spectacle, Sport, 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

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

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

Cplakidas, Map of Byzantine Constantinople with Hippodrome, 27 February 2008

While the majority of the circus at Constantinople is no longer standing, this map provides an idea of its urban situation.

Tags: Athletics, Byzantine, Circus, City, City Planning, Competition, Constantinople, Entertainment, Hippodrome, Horse Racing, Late Antiquity, Map, Race Track, Racing, Roman Culture, roman empire, Spectacle, Sports, Urbanism