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1. Amphitheatre
   An Amphitheatre was an ancient Roman edifice of an oval form without a roof, having a central area (called the arena) encompassed with rows of seats, rising higher as they receded from the centre, on which people used to sit to view the combats of gladiators and of wild beasts, and other sports. The...
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2. 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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3. 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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4. Amphitheatre
   A place where Romans went to watch animals and people fighting
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5. 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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6. 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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7. 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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8. 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 ...
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9. 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...
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10. 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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11. 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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12. 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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13. Amphitheatre
    An amphitheatre is a circular or ovular arena surrounded by tiers of seats designed for various shows. The seats were tiered either by utilising a natural slope, or constructed. The first known amphitheatres date from the first century BC, and become common throughout the Roman Empire especially in the Latin west.
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14. amphitheatre
    Click images to enlargeLarge 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 of seats. The Colosseum in Rome, completed in AD 80, held 50,000 spectators
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15. Amphitheatre
    An `amphitheatre` (or `amphitheater`) is an open-air venue used for entertainment and performances. There are two similar, but distinct, types of structure for which the word "amphitheatre" is used: Ancient Roman amphitheatres were large central performance spaces surrounded by ascending s...
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16. Amphitheatre
    (Drakensberg) The `Amphitheatre` is one of the geographical features of the Northern Drakensberg, South Africa, and is widely regarded as one of the most impressive cliff faces on earth. The cliff face of the Amphitheatre is roughly three times the size of the total combined area of all the c...
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