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It is a construction with an oval
ground plan.They are two opposite theatres.
In the amphitheatres spectacles as gladiators fights,
wild animal fights and naval combats took on.
An amphitheatre is composed of:
-The arena: it was the central
space where sruggles took on.
-The subterranean spaces: They
were construccions and rooms below the arena.
-Thea cavea:
it was a place made by rows where spectators sat down. Rows were divided
in three sections, depending on the nearness of the arena: prima cavea (the
most closed to the arena), half cavea, summa cavea (the
most distant and the highest sector).
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