\paperw4800 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 \fs22 THE AMPHITHEATER\par
A typically Roman building, elliptical in shape, it was similar to the modern stadium. The early
wooden structures were followed by constructions in stone, of which the Amphitheater in \b \cf4 \ATXht1086 Pompeii\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 is the oldest example (80 BC). These buildings had an arena surrounded by tiers for the spectators, and an external face
that usually had several orders of arches. The \b \cf1 \ATXht1 amphitheaters\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 were used to stage the highly popular gladiatorial spectacles, hunts, and sometimes \b \cf1 \ATXht14 naumachies\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , grand naval battles that repro