School dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities . ia, siibsellia),IS in a theatre, termed collectively the:avea; the lowest of which were separatedfrom the ground by a podium, and the wholelivided longitudinally by praecinctiones, andliagonally into cunei, with their vomitoriaittathed to each. [Amphitheatrum.]Towards the extremity of the upper branch>f the cavea, the general outline is brokenly an outwork (B), which was probablyhe pulvinar, or station for the emperor, ast is placed in the best situation for seeing both the commencement and end of thecourse, and in the most prominent part o
School dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities . ia, siibsellia),IS in a theatre, termed collectively the:avea; the lowest of which were separatedfrom the ground by a podium, and the wholelivided longitudinally by praecinctiones, andliagonally into cunei, with their vomitoriaittathed to each. [Amphitheatrum.]Towards the extremity of the upper branch>f the cavea, the general outline is brokenly an outwork (B), which was probablyhe pulvinar, or station for the emperor, ast is placed in the best situation for seeing both the commencement and end of thecourse, and in the most prominent part ofthe circus. In the opposite branch is ob-served another interruption to the uniformline of seats (C), betokening also, from itsconstruction, a place of distinction ; whichmight have been assigned to the person atwhose expense the games were given (editorspectaculorum). In the centre of the areawas a low wall (D) running lengthwaysdown the course, which, from its resem-blance to the position of the dorsal bone inthe human frame, was termed SPINA OF THE CIRCUS, FROM AN ANCIENT BAS-RELIEF. 90 CIRCUS. At each extremity of the sphia wereplaced, upon a base (E, E), three woodencylinders, of a conical shape, like cypresstrees, which were called nietae — the situation is distinctly seen in the pre-ceding cut. The most remarkable object upon thespina were two columns (F) supportingseven conical balls, which, from their re-semblance to eggs, were called ova, andthese are also seen in the preceding use was to enable the spectators tocount the number of rounds which Imdbeen run : and they were seven in number,because seven was the number of the circuitsmade in each race. As each round wasrun, one of the ova was either put up ortaken down. An egg was adopted for thispurpose, in honour of Castor and the other extremity of the spina weretwo similar columns (G), sustaining sevendolphins, termed delphinae, or defphinarumcolumnae, which do not appear to
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