List of Roman amphitheatres
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The remains of some 75 amphitheatres have been located in widely scattered areas of the Roman Empire. These are fully circular, and are not to be confused with the much more common "ordinary" theatres, which are semicircular structures. Following is a list of Roman amphitheatre locations by country.
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[edit] Bulgaria
- Serdica (modern Sofia)
- Philippopolis (modern Plovdiv)
- Marcianopolis (modern Devnya)
- Diocletianopolis (modern Hisarya)
[edit] Croatia
- Pula: Arena
- Salona
- Burnum, Roman military camp near Šibenik, had a small amphitheatre, recently discovered
[edit] England
- Isirium (modern Aldborough)
- Calleva (modern Silchester)
- Charterhouse on Mendips
- Deva (modern Chester)
- Camulodunum (modern Colchester)
- Durnovaria (modern Dorchester)
- Londinium, (modern London)
- Rutupiae (modern Richborough)
- Viroconium (modern Wroxeter)
- Verulamium (Modern St. albans)
[edit] France
- Arelate (modern Arles): Arles Amphitheatre
- Grand
- Lugdunum (modern Lyon)
- Nemausus (modern Nîmes)
- Lutetia (modern Paris): Arènes de Lutèce
- Mediolanum Santonum (modern Saintes)
[edit] Germany
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Profile of the Colosseum
[edit] Greece
[edit] Hungary
- Aquincum (modern Budapest)(2 amphitheatres: the Nagyszombat utcai, the Katona városi)
- Gorsium (modern Tác)
[edit] The Netherlands
- Nijmegen (No longer extant, but traced out in the street paving of the present-day Rembrandstraat with a few bits of its foundations still visible)
[edit] Israel
Image:Pula Arena Inside.jpg
Pula Arena floor still in use today for music concerts and as an outdoor movie theatre.
[edit] Italy
- Aosta
- Ancona
- Benevento
- Ariminum (modern Rimini)
- Arretium (modern Arezzo)
- Assisium (modern Assisi)
- Capua
- Carsulae
- Catania
- Hispellum (modern Spello)
- Larinum
- Mediolanum (modern Milan)
- Mevania (modern Bevagna)
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The amphitheatre of Arles (Arelate).
- Nola
- Ocriculum (modern Otricoli)
- Paestum
- Pompeii
- Puteoli
- Rome (2 amphitheatres: the Colosseum, the Amphitheatrum Castrense)
- Rusellae
- Syracuse
- Spoletium (modern Spoleto)
- Suasa (modern Castelleone di Suasa)
- Urbs Salvia (modern Urbisaglia)
- Verona: Verona Arena
[edit] Libya
[edit] Spain
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Inside of Verona Arena with scenery for an opera performance, summer 1994
[edit] Switzerland
- Aventicum (modern Avenches)
- Augusta Raurica (modern Augst)
- Engehalbinsel at Berne
- Martigny
- Vindonissa (modern Windisch)
[edit] Syria
[edit] Tunisia
- Thysdrus (modern El Djem)
[edit] Wales
- Caerleon
- Maridunum Demetarum (in Carmarthen)
- Venta Silurum (modern Caerwent)
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El Djem: the amphitheatre of Thysdrus
[edit] See also
- Roman theatre (structure)
- Circus (building)
- Arena
- Circus Maximus
- Forma Urbis Romae
- Ludus Magnus
- Roman architecture
- Stadium
- List of topics related to ancient Rome
- List of ancient Roman triumphal arches
- List of ancient temple structures
- List of archaeological sites sorted by country
- List of contemporary amphitheatres
- List of buildings
- List of building types
- List of football stadiums by capacity
- List of indoor arenas
- List of stadia
[edit] External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
- article "Amphitheatrum" (Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities)
- Caerleon amphitheatre
- Chester amphitheatre
- Pula amphitheatre
- Rome: Colosseum at LacusCurtius with Platner article
- Rome: Amphitheatrum Castrense
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