Look up: Amphitheatre

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   Amphitheatre
   a large open-air theatre with rings of seats; the biggest ancient Roman amphitheatre is the Roman Colosseum, which could hold up to 50,000 people; shows such as gladiatorial games, staged naval battles and animal fights took place at an amphitheatre; the Romans built many of them throughout the empire as standardized fixtures of Romanized towns.
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   Amphitheatre
   An amphitheatre is a circular or ovular arena surrounded by tiers of seats.
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   Amphitheatre
   An outdoor theatrical setting, usually with a large semi-circular seating area sloping down to the stage. Sometimes a very large indoor venue. The amphitheatre was developed by the Romans to provide convenient accommodation for large numbers of spectators at exhibitions of gladiatorial combats and beast hunts. The amphitheatre was one of the earliest examples of reserved ticketing. Tickets noted which arch to enter through, and the section, row, and seat numbers. They were also big. The amphithe...
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   Amphitheatre
   A place where Romans went to watch animals and people fighting
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   Amphitheatre
   Stepped banks of seating surrounding an arena. Also used to describe one of the tiers of a multi-level auditorium.
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   amphitheatre
   Large oval or circular building used by the Romans for gladiatorial contests, fights of wild animals, and other similar events. It is an open structure with a central arena surrounded by rising rows...
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   amphitheatre
   The amphitheatre was the centre of entertainment all over the Roman Empire. They were oval open-air arenas surrounded by seats. The largest amphitheatre in the Empire was the Colosseum. The amphitheatre was the place where people went to see fights. These fights could be between slaves, prisoners of war or criminals, and sometimes wild animals. The...
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   Amphitheatre
   Amphitheatres were usually oval shaped structures built in the Roman period. The most distinctive features of an amphitheatre are the arena and the surrounding seating banks. The former is a level space excavated below ground level and the latter are embankments built, in part if not wholly, of the earth dug out from the arena area. Roman authors s...
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   amphitheatre
   1. An oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats about an open space called the arena. ... The Romans first constructed amphitheaters for combats of gladiators and wild beasts. ... 2. Anything resembling an amphitheater in form; as, a level surrounded by rising slopes or hills, or a rising gallery in a theater. ... Origin: L. Amphitheatrum, ...
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    Amphitheatre
    The name `amphitheatre` (alternatively `amphitheater`) refers to a level, open space surrounded by an oval area that gradually ascends. The area may be a man-made structure or a natural geographic formation, but it is suited for seating people on the sloping area for the viewing of spectator sports, games, concerts, displays, rallies, or theatrical performances. An amphitheatre can be classified as either an `ancient amphitheatre`, a `contemporar...
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    Amphitheatre
    • (n.) Anything resembling an amphitheater in form; as, a level surrounded by rising slopes or hills, or a rising gallery in a theater. • (n.) An oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats about an open space called the arena.
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    amphitheatre
    freestanding building of round or, more often, oval shape with a central area, the arena, and seats concentrically placed around it. The word is ... [5 related articles]
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    amphitheatre
    amphitheater, amphitheatre 1. An oval, circular, or semicicular auditorium with tiers of seats rising from a central open area. 2. An outdoor theater in this style, especially in ancient Greece. 3. A landform suggesting an amphitheater, having a relatively flat floor surrounding by steeply sloping slides.
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