ENTERTAINMENT

I. Amphitheaters
 


The Colosseum
AD 72-80
Rome, Italy

Amphitheater
Pompeii, Italy
c. 80 BC
Amphitheater
Pozzuoli, Italy
Cutaway of the cage and pully aparatus used in the amphitheater
Winged Cupids as Gladiators
mosaic floor in large apsidal room
Roman Villa at Bignor, fourth century AD
Bignor, West Sussex, England
Venationes (huntings)
Sousse, Tunisia
Entertainment events involving wild animals were introduced to Rome in the early second century BC. These popular events were based on the hunt. Here the games are sponsored by a bublic official who is shown in the center of the panel holding a tray of money.

II. Circuses
 
Relief of a Chariot Accident
terracotta, 31 x 40 cm
1st c. AD
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

III. Theaters
 
 

Theater
Sabratha, Libya
aerial view (top)
frons scaenae (bottom left)
pulpitum illustrating mythological scenes (bottom right)

 

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