Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . phitheatre 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 piven in them, were turned round,with their audiences, by means of hin!;;es or pivots,and formed an amphitheatre (Plin. xxxvi. 24. s. 8).Caesar himself afterwards erected a wooden amphi- ROMA. theatre (Dion Cass, xliii. 22); hut that of StatiliusTaurus was the first built of stone, and continuedto be the only one down to the time of iiave mentioned that it was in the
Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . phitheatre 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 piven in them, were turned round,with their audiences, by means of hin!;;es or pivots,and formed an amphitheatre (Plin. xxxvi. 24. s. 8).Caesar himself afterwards erected a wooden amphi- ROMA. theatre (Dion Cass, xliii. 22); hut that of StatiliusTaurus was the first built of stone, and continuedto be the only one down to the time of iiave mentioned that it was in the CampusMartius. It was dedicated in the fourth consulshipof Augustus, B. c. 30. (Dion Cass. li. 23 ; 29.) The amphitheatre erected by Nero inthe Campus Jhirtius was a temporary one of wood.(Suet. Nero, 12.) The amphitheatre of Taurus,which does not appear to have been very magnificent(Dion Cass. lis. 10), was probably destroyed in thefire of Nero; at all events we hear no more of itafter that event. The Amphitheateum *!,. COLOSSEUM. erected by Vespasian, appears to have been originally I 2. 5), and was capable of containing 87,000 per- designed by Augustus. (Suet. Vesp. 9.) It stood | sons. (^Notitia, Reg. iii.) A complete description on tlie site previously occupied by the lake of Nero, I of this magnificent building will be found in tlie between the Velia and the Esquiline. (Mart. Sped. \ Dictionary of Antiquities, and need not be re-
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