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- A naumachia (in Latin naumachia, from the Ancient Gr**** ναυμαχία/naumachía, literally "naval combat") was a mock naval battle staged as m**** entertainment...
- The Naumachia Vaticana or Trajan's Naumachia (Latin: Naumachia Traiani), also referred to inaccurately as the Circus of Hadrian, was an ancient structure...
- around 800 first received the name of "San Pellegrino in Naumachia", making reference to the naumachia built northwest of the Castel Sant'Angelo and dedicated...
- those with ferocious beasts (venationes), reproductions of naval battles (naumachia), chariot races, athletic contests, theatrical performances by mimes,...
- wrestling, and the pancratium. Aquatic displays, such as the mock sea battle (naumachia) and a form of "water ballet", were presented in engineered pools. State-supported...
- latter space for use as an arena, and filled it with water for a single naumachia (a sham naval battle fought as entertainment). He supervised the extension...
- Maximus' son and tells him to use his father's strength to survive. During a naumachia in the Colosseum, Lucius leads the gladiators to victory and fires a crossbow...
- Domitian held a naumachia in which Dio reports "practically all the combatants and many of the spectators as well perished". The naumachia called by Claudius...
- gladiator's salute. See also: Ave Imperator, morituri te salutant and Naumachia. mors certa, hora incerta death is certain, its hour is uncertain mors...
- Tudico. "La battaglia navale sul lago Fucino. La naumachia" (PDF). Retrieved 4 April 2021. "Naumachia". Retrieved 4 April 2021. C****ius Dio, Book LXI.33...