Part 7 — THE COLOSSEUM. PLATE XVII.

VIEW IN THE SUBSTRUCTURES.

VIEW IN THE SUBSTRUCTURES.

Description of Plate XVII.

VIEW IN THE SUBSTRUCTURES.

E. The Consoles, for placing the boards of the arena upon when not in use.

F. F. The Podium.

X. The level of the arena.

a a a. Doorways to small chambers, to descend to feed the wild beasts in their dens.

b b b. The dens for the wild beasts.

c c c. Blocks of travertine to support the foot of the masts.

d d d. Aperture at the foot of the small chambers, for feeding the wild beasts; these are ten feet from the ground.

e e e. Small water-course in front of the dens.

f. Socket for the pivot of a capstan.

g g. Original pavement of bricks, arranged herring-bone fashion.

h h. Sites of piers of tufa, (removed in the drawing to shew what is behind them).