Under the amphitheatre in Pozzuoli Shutterstock. Just up the road from Naples, this arena was commissioned by the emperor Vespasian, the same chap who built the Colosseum in Rome. That rivalry continues to this day, with the hosting of the biggest historical re-enactment of Roman times in the world held in the arena every April.
Verona Arena Shutterstock. The Verona Arena is third-largest amphitheatre to survive from Roman times and one of the few to have been continually used over the centuries to host shows and games. It was used originally for gladiatorial fights, jousts in medieval times and for opera since the 18 th Century.
Indeed, the annual Opera Festival held in the arena is regarded as one of the most spectacular in the world. The London Coliseum Shutterstock. The London Coliseum is neither an arena nor an ancient Roman ruin, but with 2, seats it is the largest theatre in London.
More information Main image: Colosseum in Rome Shutterstock. Peter Moore 15 January 7 other colosseums around the world They may not be as well known as the one in Rome, but these amphitheatres are just as impressive. More inf ormation Arena in Pla, Croatia Shutterstock. More information The Arles Amphitheatre Shutterstock. It was on the main route to Carthage from the south and west of the country. The city appears to have fallen into ruin after the Arab conquest in the 7th century.
Still being excavated, the ruins are little visited. The archaeological park includes a Roman amphitheater which could host about 16, visitors. The lower half of the amphitheater is dug into the hill while the arcs are above the ground. The seats are not original and were only reconstructed recently. The Amphitheater in Pozzuoli is one of the largest Roman amphitheaters in Italy capable of hosting over 20, spectators.
Its construction begun under the reign of emperor Vespasian who also initiated the construction of the Colosseum in Rome. Unlike the Colosseum not much remains of the upper ranges of seats but the subterranean areas are very well preserved, including the cages for keeping animals and parts of the mechanisms for lifting them to the arena floor. In the late antique period the arena was abandoned and partly buried under ash following an eruption of the volcano Solfatarain. Under Roman rule the city prospered and became a major trading post.
Leptis Magna was abandoned in AD after it was sacked by a Berber tribe and quickly reclaimed by the desert. Having been covered in desert sand for centuries it contains one of the most spectacular and unspoiled Roman ruins in the Mediterranean. The Roman amphitheater of Leptis Magna dates from 56 AD and lies about a kilometer east of the city center. It was capable of seating 16, spectators. An excavation in the 19th century made the subterranean structure visible, and a sq.
In , Dario Franceschini, Italy's culture minister, tweeted his approval of archaeologist Daniele Manacorda's proposal to rebuild a full arena. Of the Roman amphitheatres in Italy and elsewhere in the empire, the Colosseum has the most extensive subterranean network, Sergio Rinaldi Tufi, the former director of Archaeology at the University of Urbino, tells The Art Newspaper.
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