The archæology of Rome, Part 7

Part 7 — THE COLOSSEUM. PLATE XXXV.

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AMPHITHEATRE AT POZZUOLI.

Illustration from The archæology of Rome, Part 7: The Flavian amphitheatre, commonly called the Colosseum

AMPHITHEATRE AT POZZUOLI—DETAILS

Description of Plate XXXV.

AMPHITHEATRE AT POZZUOLI.

E. View in the principal corridor, with the receptacles to collect the water, m m m.

F. View in a subterranean corridor under the arena, shewing remains of the decorations thrown down by the hand of men, through the aperture, n.

It is here impossible that they could have fallen down in an earthquake, as was the case in the Colosseum. A garden was made here upon the arena, and these decorations were removed from the surface, as interfering with the cultivation of the garden, and thrown down into the substructures, and then arranged under the vault as we see them.