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...trialsanderros, Colosseum 19th Century
...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
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
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
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
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, Curved Stadium at Aphrodisias
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
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
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
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
Dguendel, Circus Maximus in Rome, Present Day
Dguendel, Circus Maximus in Rome, Present Day, 2015
Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Athletics, Byzantium, Circus, Circus Maximus, Cities, City, Competition, Culture, Early Middle Ages, Entertainment, Fall of Rome, Hippodrome, Horse Racing, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Race Track, Racing, Roman Culture, roman empire, Rome, Spectacle, Sports, Urbanism