The ampitheatre in Pozzouli is the third largest ampitheatre in Italy with only the Colosseum in Rome and the ampitheatre in Capua being larger.
Since we were already in Pozzouli for conference, we decided to take a P-day and see some sights on the way back to Rome. The senior couple with us had been in Rome the whole time they have been here and we thought it would be good for them to see a different part of Italy.
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| Isabel, this is my imitation of you! |
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| Puteoli was the original name of what is now known as Pozzouli. |
The Flavian Amphitheater
The underground halls of the Anfiteatro Flavio in Pozzuoli.The Anfiteatro Flavio at Via Terracciano 75 (tel. +39-081-526-6007, cir.campania.beniculturali.it/archeopozzuoli) is one of the oldest amphitheaters in Italy, built under Nero and Vespasian from AD 69-79. During the persecutions of Diocletian in AD 305, it was the site of martyrdom for many a Christian, including Naples beloved San Gennaro.
The exterior is a bit crumbling, and at 149m x 116m it may only rank third in size after the Colosseum at Rome and the nearby amphitheater at Capua (though its seating capacity of 20,000 is nothing to sneeze at)—but unlike Rome's Colosseum, the flooring of the Pozzuoli amphitheater survives.
You can still wander around the tunnels and chambers underneath, where the gladiators once awaited their next fights alongside caged wild beasts. That long trench down the floor's middle, now covered by a grating, was part of the elaborate staging system used to hoist animals and background scenery into view as needed. Today the underground corridors and chambers serve as storage for broken bits of statuary and columns.
- See more at: http://www.reidsitaly.com/destinations/campania/side_trips/pozzuoli.html#sthash.IFq2Zc0T.dpuf
The Flavian Amphitheater
The underground halls of the Anfiteatro Flavio in Pozzuoli.The Anfiteatro Flavio at Via Terracciano 75 (tel. +39-081-526-6007, cir.campania.beniculturali.it/archeopozzuoli) is one of the oldest amphitheaters in Italy, built under Nero and Vespasian from AD 69-79. During the persecutions of Diocletian in AD 305, it was the site of martyrdom for many a Christian, including Naples beloved San Gennaro.
The exterior is a bit crumbling, and at 149m x 116m it may only rank third in size after the Colosseum at Rome and the nearby amphitheater at Capua (though its seating capacity of 20,000 is nothing to sneeze at)—but unlike Rome's Colosseum, the flooring of the Pozzuoli amphitheater survives.
You can still wander around the tunnels and chambers underneath, where the gladiators once awaited their next fights alongside caged wild beasts. That long trench down the floor's middle, now covered by a grating, was part of the elaborate staging system used to hoist animals and background scenery into view as needed. Today the underground corridors and chambers serve as storage for broken bits of statuary and columns.
- See more at: http://www.reidsitaly.com/destinations/campania/side_trips/pozzuoli.html#sthash.IFq2Zc0T.dpuf
The Flavian Amphitheater
The underground halls of the Anfiteatro Flavio in Pozzuoli.The Anfiteatro Flavio at Via Terracciano 75 (tel. +39-081-526-6007, cir.campania.beniculturali.it/archeopozzuoli) is one of the oldest amphitheaters in Italy, built under Nero and Vespasian from AD 69-79. During the persecutions of Diocletian in AD 305, it was the site of martyrdom for many a Christian, including Naples beloved San Gennaro.
The exterior is a bit crumbling, and at 149m x 116m it may only rank third in size after the Colosseum at Rome and the nearby amphitheater at Capua (though its seating capacity of 20,000 is nothing to sneeze at)—but unlike Rome's Colosseum, the flooring of the Pozzuoli amphitheater survives.
You can still wander around the tunnels and chambers underneath, where the gladiators once awaited their next fights alongside caged wild beasts. That long trench down the floor's middle, now covered by a grating, was part of the elaborate staging system used to hoist animals and background scenery into view as needed. Today the underground corridors and chambers serve as storage for broken bits of statuary and columns.
- See more at: http://www.reidsitaly.com/destinations/campania/side_trips/pozzuoli.html#sthash.IFq2Zc0T.dpuf
Like its Roman counterpart, it is known as the Flavian Amphitheater
or Amphitheatrum Flavium (Latin), presumably because it was constructed
during the reign of the Flavian Dynasty (69 – 96 AD) and designed by the
same architects responsible for the Colosseum. Some sources however
attribute the amphitheater to Nero (Roman Emperor 54 to 68), dating its
completion to sometime around 66 AD.
One of two amphitheaters constructed in the ancient port town of Puteoli, the Flavian Amphitheater was the city’s prime venue for gladiator games, chariot races, animal slayings, and executions, and in its heyday, it held some 20,000 spectators.
One has to wonder how many spectators showed up on a fateful day in 305 AD for the “execution by wild beast” of seven men who were convicted of the crime of Christianity. Carried out by local authorities during the final days of the Diocletianic Persecutions, among the seven were: two laymen; two lectors; two Deacons, one of which would become San Procolo (Saint Proculus), Pozzuoli’s Patron Saint; and a Bishop from Benevento, who would become Naples Patron Saint, San Gennaro.
Excavated in the 19th century, much of the elliptical amphitheater’s structure is still intact today, the most impressive of which is the amphitheater’s well preserved subterranean passageways.
- See more at: http://www.napoliunplugged.com/location/flavian-amphitheater#sthash.ysvJGpun.dpuf
One of two amphitheaters constructed in the ancient port town of Puteoli, the Flavian Amphitheater was the city’s prime venue for gladiator games, chariot races, animal slayings, and executions, and in its heyday, it held some 20,000 spectators.
One has to wonder how many spectators showed up on a fateful day in 305 AD for the “execution by wild beast” of seven men who were convicted of the crime of Christianity. Carried out by local authorities during the final days of the Diocletianic Persecutions, among the seven were: two laymen; two lectors; two Deacons, one of which would become San Procolo (Saint Proculus), Pozzuoli’s Patron Saint; and a Bishop from Benevento, who would become Naples Patron Saint, San Gennaro.
All seven were cast to wild beasts; but when the animals came near the Saints, they fell affectionately at their feet and refused to harm them.The beasts it would seem were uncooperative, but the city’s thirst for blood would not go unquenched, and when the beasts didn’t kill them, they were beheaded at Solfatara.
Excavated in the 19th century, much of the elliptical amphitheater’s structure is still intact today, the most impressive of which is the amphitheater’s well preserved subterranean passageways.
- See more at: http://www.napoliunplugged.com/location/flavian-amphitheater#sthash.ysvJGpun.dpuf
Like
its Roman counterpart, it is known as the Flavian Amphitheater or
Amphitheatrum Flavium (Latin), presumably because it was constructed
during the reign of the Flavian Dynasty (69 – 96 AD) and designed by the
same architects responsible for the Colosseum. Some sources however
attribute the amphitheater to Nero (Roman Emperor 54 to 68), dating its
completion to sometime around 66 AD.
One of two amphitheaters constructed in the ancient port town of Puteoli, the Flavian Amphitheater was the city’s prime venue for gladiator games, chariot races, animal slayings, and executions, and in its heyday, it held some 20,000 spectators.
One has to wonder how many spectators showed up on a fateful day in 305 AD for the “execution by wild beast” of seven men who were convicted of the crime of Christianity. Carried out by local authorities during the final days of the Diocletianic Persecutions, among the seven were: two laymen; two lectors; two Deacons, one of which would become San Procolo (Saint Proculus), Pozzuoli’s Patron Saint; and a Bishop from Benevento, who would become Naples Patron Saint, San Gennaro.
Excavated in the 19th century, much of the elliptical amphitheater’s structure is still intact today, the most impressive of which is the amphitheater’s well preserved subterranean passageways.
- See more at: http://www.napoliunplugged.com/location/flavian-amphitheater#sthash.T5kcvAzC.dpuf
One of two amphitheaters constructed in the ancient port town of Puteoli, the Flavian Amphitheater was the city’s prime venue for gladiator games, chariot races, animal slayings, and executions, and in its heyday, it held some 20,000 spectators.
One has to wonder how many spectators showed up on a fateful day in 305 AD for the “execution by wild beast” of seven men who were convicted of the crime of Christianity. Carried out by local authorities during the final days of the Diocletianic Persecutions, among the seven were: two laymen; two lectors; two Deacons, one of which would become San Procolo (Saint Proculus), Pozzuoli’s Patron Saint; and a Bishop from Benevento, who would become Naples Patron Saint, San Gennaro.
All seven were cast to wild beasts; but when the animals came near the Saints, they fell affectionately at their feet and refused to harm them.The beasts it would seem were uncooperative, but the city’s thirst for blood would not go unquenched, and when the beasts didn’t kill them, they were beheaded at Solfatara.
Excavated in the 19th century, much of the elliptical amphitheater’s structure is still intact today, the most impressive of which is the amphitheater’s well preserved subterranean passageways.
- See more at: http://www.napoliunplugged.com/location/flavian-amphitheater#sthash.T5kcvAzC.dpuf
Like
its Roman counterpart, it is known as the Flavian Amphitheater or
Amphitheatrum Flavium (Latin), presumably because it was constructed
during the reign of the Flavian Dynasty (69 – 96 AD) and designed by the
same architects responsible for the Colosseum. Some sources however
attribute the amphitheater to Nero (Roman Emperor 54 to 68), dating its
completion to sometime around 66 AD.
One of two amphitheaters constructed in the ancient port town of Puteoli, the Flavian Amphitheater was the city’s prime venue for gladiator games, chariot races, animal slayings, and executions, and in its heyday, it held some 20,000 spectators.
One has to wonder how many spectators showed up on a fateful day in 305 AD for the “execution by wild beast” of seven men who were convicted of the crime of Christianity. Carried out by local authorities during the final days of the Diocletianic Persecutions, among the seven were: two laymen; two lectors; two Deacons, one of which would become San Procolo (Saint Proculus), Pozzuoli’s Patron Saint; and a Bishop from Benevento, who would become Naples Patron Saint, San Gennaro.
Excavated in the 19th century, much of the elliptical amphitheater’s structure is still intact today, the most impressive of which is the amphitheater’s well preserved subterranean passageways.
- See more at: http://www.napoliunplugged.com/location/flavian-amphitheater#sthash.T5kcvAzC.dpuf
One of two amphitheaters constructed in the ancient port town of Puteoli, the Flavian Amphitheater was the city’s prime venue for gladiator games, chariot races, animal slayings, and executions, and in its heyday, it held some 20,000 spectators.
One has to wonder how many spectators showed up on a fateful day in 305 AD for the “execution by wild beast” of seven men who were convicted of the crime of Christianity. Carried out by local authorities during the final days of the Diocletianic Persecutions, among the seven were: two laymen; two lectors; two Deacons, one of which would become San Procolo (Saint Proculus), Pozzuoli’s Patron Saint; and a Bishop from Benevento, who would become Naples Patron Saint, San Gennaro.
All seven were cast to wild beasts; but when the animals came near the Saints, they fell affectionately at their feet and refused to harm them.The beasts it would seem were uncooperative, but the city’s thirst for blood would not go unquenched, and when the beasts didn’t kill them, they were beheaded at Solfatara.
Excavated in the 19th century, much of the elliptical amphitheater’s structure is still intact today, the most impressive of which is the amphitheater’s well preserved subterranean passageways.
- See more at: http://www.napoliunplugged.com/location/flavian-amphitheater#sthash.T5kcvAzC.dpuf
Like its Roman counterpart, it is known as the Flavian Amphitheater
or Amphitheatrum Flavium (Latin), presumably because it was constructed
during the reign of the Flavian Dynasty (69 – 96 AD) and designed by the
same architects responsible for the Colosseum. Some sources however
attribute the amphitheater to Nero (Roman Emperor 54 to 68), dating its
completion to sometime around 66 AD.
One of two amphitheaters constructed in the ancient port town of Puteoli, the Flavian Amphitheater was the city’s prime venue for gladiator games, chariot races, animal slayings, and executions, and in its heyday, it held some 20,000 spectators.
One has to wonder how many spectators showed up on a fateful day in 305 AD for the “execution by wild beast” of seven men who were convicted of the crime of Christianity. Carried out by local authorities during the final days of the Diocletianic Persecutions, among the seven were: two laymen; two lectors; two Deacons, one of which would become San Procolo (Saint Proculus), Pozzuoli’s Patron Saint; and a Bishop from Benevento, who would become Naples Patron Saint, San Gennaro.
Excavated in the 19th century, much of the elliptical amphitheater’s structure is still intact today, the most impressive of which is the amphitheater’s well preserved subterranean passageways.
- See more at: http://www.napoliunplugged.com/location/flavian-amphitheater#sthash.ysvJGpun.dpuf
One of two amphitheaters constructed in the ancient port town of Puteoli, the Flavian Amphitheater was the city’s prime venue for gladiator games, chariot races, animal slayings, and executions, and in its heyday, it held some 20,000 spectators.
One has to wonder how many spectators showed up on a fateful day in 305 AD for the “execution by wild beast” of seven men who were convicted of the crime of Christianity. Carried out by local authorities during the final days of the Diocletianic Persecutions, among the seven were: two laymen; two lectors; two Deacons, one of which would become San Procolo (Saint Proculus), Pozzuoli’s Patron Saint; and a Bishop from Benevento, who would become Naples Patron Saint, San Gennaro.
All seven were cast to wild beasts; but when the animals came near the Saints, they fell affectionately at their feet and refused to harm them.The beasts it would seem were uncooperative, but the city’s thirst for blood would not go unquenched, and when the beasts didn’t kill them, they were beheaded at Solfatara.
Excavated in the 19th century, much of the elliptical amphitheater’s structure is still intact today, the most impressive of which is the amphitheater’s well preserved subterranean passageways.
- See more at: http://www.napoliunplugged.com/location/flavian-amphitheater#sthash.ysvJGpun.dpuf
I wanna go there! It looks awesome. I also love that you got a chance to wear jeans. But the BEST part is you imitating Isabel! Love it!
ReplyDeleteHow bad of Michael and the other man to try and topple a historic building. Haha. Great pictures I love all the posing on the rock.
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