"Naumachia" Quotes from Famous Books
... the arena of the amphitheatre of Pompeii appears to be formed of the natural surface of the earth, and has none of those vast substructions observable at Pozzuoli and Capua. It does not, therefore, appear capable of being turned into a Naumachia, nor indeed would it have been easy to find there water enough ... — Museum of Antiquity - A Description of Ancient Life • L. W. Yaggy |