... surrounded by rows of seats facing on to the arena, as in modern bull rings, absorbing the blood of slaughtered men and beasts. The first permanent amphitheater known to us is not in Rome but in Campania, the country which inherited the gladiatorial games from Eturia and passed them on to the Romans. (Hopkins p.149) The largest and most famous of all such buildings ... scenery and other apparatus were hoisted into the arena. The emperor's platform was at the center of one of the long sides, facing across to the portion of the auditorium reserved for magistrates and the holder of the gam...

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