1) Ancient Roman architecture 2) Early Roman theater
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In Roman times the cavea were the subterranean cells in which wild animals were confined before the combats in the Roman arena or amphitheatre. The cavea also refers to the seating sections of Roman theatres. The cavea is traditionally organised in three horizontal sections, corresponding to the social class of the spectators: The cavea was furthe...
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The tiers (three) of seats of an amphitheatre separated by landings and reached by staircases and passages. The emperor, senators and the Vestal Virgins were seated in special areas on the bottom tier. Only men were allowed in other areas in the first 2 tiers of the cavea. Soldiers, married men, bachelors and other male civilians were seated sepera…...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: kav′ē-ă Synonyms: cage
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(Latin; pl. caveae: the tiered, semicircular seating space in a Roman theater). From the Greek: koilon, a hollow or cavity. A large theatre had three seating tiers: the ima cavea was the lowest part of the cavea; the media cavea was the middle; and the summa cavea was the upper tier. Social rank dictated the seating restrictions for the audience wi...
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