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WATER GAMES IN ANCIENT ROME

WATER GAMES IN ANCIENT ROME. VANNUCCHI & MORONI. COLOSSEO. The Colosseum , also known as the Flavian Amphitheatre , is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome. it was the largest amphitheatre of the Roman Empire, and it is s considered

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WATER GAMES IN ANCIENT ROME

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  1. WATER GAMES IN ANCIENT ROME • VANNUCCHI & MORONI

  2. COLOSSEO • The Colosseum, alsoknownas the FlavianAmphitheatre, isanellipticalamphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome. itwas the largestamphitheatre of the Roman Empire, and itis s considered • one of the greatestworks of Roman architecture and engineering. Itis the largestamphitheatre in the world.

  3. NAVAL BATTLES IN THE COLOSSEUM • In the Colosseum only few naval battles (Naumachiae) were fought , because only in the first years, when the dungeons were not built with cages and cells, it was possible to flood the arena. • The show, however, was so startling and impressive that when the naval battles were organized, they left the audience so amazed that many historians left documents about them.

  4. PIAZZA NAVONA • Piazza Navona is a square in Rome. Itfollows the plan of anancient Roman circus, where the Romanscametowatch the agones. ItsItalianname, refersto the navalbattlesoftenorganized in thiscircusduring Roman times. • Itnowfeaturessculptural and architecturalcreationsby Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Fontana Dei Quattro Fiumi), by Francesco Borromini and Giacomo Rinaldi, whodesigned the church of Sant’Agnese in Agone.

  5. VILLA ADRIANA • The villa wasbuilt in Tivoli as a retreatfrom Rome for the Roman emperorHadrianduring the second and the thirddecades of the II centurya.D.Hadrianwassaidtodislike the palace on the Palatine hill in Rome. During the last years of hisreign, heactuallygoverned the empire fromthis villa.

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