Note 101 — THE FLAVIAN AMPHITHEATRE, COMMONLY CALLED THE COLOSSEUM.
Reading edition
It appears evident from the inscriptions from the College of the Arvales that the seats were regularly and permanently allotted to different persons holding different offices, according to their rank. The lower seats being of marble, the upper ones of wood.
There are many inscriptions relating to the seats in the different theatres and amphitheatres in Rome:
LOCA . ADSIGNATA IN AMPHITEATRO L . AELIO . PLAVTIO . LAMIA . Q . PACTVMEIO FRONTONE . COS . ACCEPTVM . AB . LABERIO . MAXIMO PROCVRATORE . PRAEF . ANNONAE L . VENNVLEIO . APRONANO . MAG . CVRATORE . THYRSO . L FRATRIBVS . ARVALIBVS . MÆNIANO . I̅ . CVN . X̅I̅I̅ . GRADIBVS . MARM . VIII. GRADVI . P . V = GRAD . VIII . PED . V≡£ . F . PED . XXXXIIS . GRADV. I . VNO . P . XXII S . ET . MAENIANO . SVMMO . I̅I̅ . CVN . V̅I̅ . GRADIB . MARM . I̅V̅ . GRADV . I . VNO . P . XXII S . ET . MAENIANO . SVMMO . IN . LIGNEIS . TAB . LIII . GRADIBVS . XI . GRADV . I PED . V = GRAD . XI. PED . V = = —) F̅. PED . LXIII S = = — SVMMA . PED . Cxxviiii S = = —
(Gius.-Ant. Guattari, Roma descritta ed illustrata, &c. Roma, 1805, 4to., vol. ii. p. 13.)