L \ 'amphitheater is a public building of \' antiquity (related particularly to the ancient Rome) used for gladiatorial games (also called munera) and the venationes.
Regardless of the function, the difference between an outdoor amphitheater and a Roman theater is that \ 'amphitheater is elliptical in shape while the semicircular theater is equipped with a scene on the plate. An amphitheater is also different from the Roman circus that was used for racing with horses aggiogati to float, and that has a much more elongated (usually exceeds 400m). However, the circuses were pretty rare, while theaters and amphitheaters (together at the spa) represent a finding typical of every Roman city big or small.
L \ 'most famous amphitheater to the world is the Coliseum, which is more properly called Flavio amphitheater built by the Flavian dynasty. In particular was started since the Emperor Vespasian and was finished (and lavishly opened) by his son Titus. The Coliseum is also the one with the larger (external diameters: 188 x 156m, arena: 86 x 54 m), even when it was built because the city had rival Rome (Constantinople) gladiator games were unpopular and now declining.
The second is the \ 'amphitheater di Capua (I-II century, 170 x 140 m). The third is that of Milan (first century, 155 x 125). Until recently l \ 'arena seemed excessive (90 x 60 m), but only recently has discovered the presence of an inner ring that leads to larger reasonable (71 x 40.5 m).
Then there is l \ 'amphitheater of Verona (generally called improperly Arena) with external diameters 152 and 123 me arena of 75.68 x 44.43 m. Following l \ 'Anfiteatro Flavio Pozzuoli (147 x 117), El Jem (late and never completed but in a good state of preservation) 148 x 122 m, Arles 136 mx 107 Nimes 133 x 101, Tarragona 109.50 for 86 , 50 m (l \ 'arena was 62.50 m to 38.50).
L \ 'Catania amphitheater was built in etāromano imperial between seolo I and II and was one of the most important and large amphitheaters Romany. The monument plant elliptical, with a diameter greater than cira 70 meters and a child of about 50, was on the edge of the ancient northern city aridosso hill Montevergine that housed the main core housing.
The cavea had 14 steps and was built with the lava rock of \ Etna covered with marble and had 32 orders placed. It is estimated that the facility could accommodate the 10,000 to 15,000 spectators.
Totila, king of the Goths, made use materials surrounded by walls and in the city \ 'XI century, its facilities were used by Roger II of Sicily as a quarry for the construction of the Cathedral of St. Agatha and perhaps Castle Ursino . After the earthquake of 1693, was interratoi with maerie to prevent its tunnels used by nasondigli to pirates and then transformed into a square d \ 'weapons.
It was later covered by the construction of new buildings and the Church of St. Agatha to Hell (known as San Biagio). Prince Biscari took substantial sums of his money to eguire excavation and in two years they brought in an entire day corridor and 4 large arches outside the tunnel.
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