. New guide of Rome, Naples and their environs. Vestal virgins. OvertJie podium began the seats for the spectators , communi-cating with several doors , called vomitoria ; these sealswere divided into three rows , named prfficinctiones andmceniana; the first, from the arena , had 24 steps; thesecond 16; the third 10 besides the gallery formed of 80columns which supported the ceiling; the mceniana weresubdivided by little stair cases made in the seals and se-parated thein j the subdivisions were name cunei. On theseats there was room suflicient for 87,000 persons and onthe terrace for 20,000. O
. New guide of Rome, Naples and their environs. Vestal virgins. OvertJie podium began the seats for the spectators , communi-cating with several doors , called vomitoria ; these sealswere divided into three rows , named prfficinctiones andmceniana; the first, from the arena , had 24 steps; thesecond 16; the third 10 besides the gallery formed of 80columns which supported the ceiling; the mceniana weresubdivided by little stair cases made in the seals and se-parated thein j the subdivisions were name cunei. On theseats there was room suflicient for 87,000 persons and onthe terrace for 20,000. On the outside walls In the corniceof the building were beams covered with bronze to whichwas attached the velarium or awning that sheltered thespectators from the rays of the sun. The holes seen iu this and in other monuments wereoriginally filled with Iron bars that served to Join theblocks of stone; they were carried away in the middle ages. In consequence of the tradition that many christianssuffered martyrdom in this arena, where they were. Second day. 53 condemned to bo devoured by wild beasts , fourteenchapels with the inystevics of the pnssion of our Saviourwere erected in the arena , in the middle of the last cen-tury, whore the ceremony of the J^ia Criicis takes placeon festivals and on fridays two hours bcfure sun-set. ARCH OF CONSTANTINE. This arch, erected by the senate and people to Con-stantine, to commemorate his victories over Maxentiusand Licinius, is composed of three arcades, eight Corin-thian columns, seven in giallo antico, one of white marbleand several bas reliefs. The columns , a part of the enta-blature, the eight square , eight round bas reliefs of thefronts, two large squares of the sides and seven statuesof violet marble were taken from the arch of Trajan. The bas reliefs under the grand arcade appear tobelong to an intermediate period between Trajan andConstantine. The first bas relief on the left fronting llie Colosseumalludes to the entrance of Tr
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