Museum of antiquity; a description of ancient life: the employments, amusements, customs and habits, the cities, places, monuments and tombs, the literature and fine arts of 3,000 years ago (1887)
Yaggy, L. W, Haines, Thomas L · Des Moines, Iowa : G.S. Cline · leaf 130
agnificence of imperial Rome is most amply dis- 120 THE AMPHITHEATRE. 121 played. Numerous examples scattered throughout her empire,in a more or less advanced state of decay, still attest the luxuryand solidity of their construction; while at Rome the Coliseum(see frontispiece) asserts the… … VIEW OF THE AMPHITHEATRE AT POMPEII. The Greek word, which by a slight alteration of its termi-nation we render amphitheatre, signifies a theatre, or place ofspectacles, forming a continuous inclosure, in opposition to thesimple theatre, which, as we have said, was semicircular, butwith the seats…
Civilization · Classical antiquities
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