. Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . rary amphitheatre wasthe wonderful one built of wood by Caesars par-tisan, C. Scribonius Curio. It consisted of twoseparate theatres, which, after dramatic entertain-ments had been given in them, were turned round,with their audiences, by means of hinges or pivots,and formed an amphitheatre (Plin. xxxvi. 24. s. 8).Caesar himself afterwards erected a wooden amphi- ROMA. theatre (Dion Cass, xliii. 22); but that of StatiliusTaurus was the first built of stone, and continuedto be the only one down to the time of have mentioned that it was in
. Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . rary amphitheatre wasthe wonderful one built of wood by Caesars par-tisan, C. Scribonius Curio. It consisted of twoseparate theatres, which, after dramatic entertain-ments had been given in them, were turned round,with their audiences, by means of hinges or pivots,and formed an amphitheatre (Plin. xxxvi. 24. s. 8).Caesar himself afterwards erected a wooden amphi- ROMA. theatre (Dion Cass, xliii. 22); but that of StatiliusTaurus was the first built of stone, and continuedto be the only one down to the time of have mentioned that it was in the CampusMartins. It was dedicated in the fourth consulshipof Augustus, b. c. 30. (Dion Cass. li. 23 ; 29.) The amphitheatre erected by Nero inthe Campus Martius was a temporary one of wood.(Suet. Nero, 12.) The amphitheatre of Taurus,which does not appear to have been very magnificent(Dion Cass. lix. 10). was probably destroyed in thefire of Nero; at all events we hear no more of itafter that event. The Amphitheatrum FLAViusr,. COLOSSEUM. erected by Vespasian, appears to have been originallydesigned by Augustus. (Suet. Vesp. 9.) It stoodon the site previously occupied by the lake of Nero,between the Velia and the Esquiline. (Mart. Sped. 2. 5), and was capable of containing 87,000 per-sons. (Notitia, Reg. iii.) A complete descriptionof this magnificent building will be found in theDictionai-y of Antiquities, and need not be re-
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