Note 212 — THE FLAVIAN AMPHITHEATRE, COMMONLY CALLED THE COLOSSEUM. (continued 2)
Reading edition
“... Auro quoque torta refulgent Retia, quæ totis in Arenam dentibus extant. ... nec non, ubi finis Arenæ, Proxima marmoreo peragit spectaculo muro: Sternitur adjunctis ebur admirabile truncis, Et coit in rotulam, tereti qua lubricus axis Impositos subita vertigine falleret ungues Excuteretque feras.” (Calpurnii, Ecl. 7.)