Note 137 — THE FLAVIAN AMPHITHEATRE, COMMONLY CALLED THE COLOSSEUM.

This appears from another inscription found in 1813:—

DECIVS MARIVS VENANTIVS BASILIVS V̅ C̅ et INL̅. PRAEF V̅RB PATRICIVS CONSVL ORDINARIVS ARENAM ET PODIVM QVAE ABOMINANDI TERRAEMOTVS RVIN PROSTRAVIT SVMPTV PROPRIO RESTITVIT.