Definition of Saepta. Meaning of Saepta. Synonyms of Saepta

- The Saepta Julia was a building in the Campus Martius of Rome, where citizens gathered to cast votes. The building was conceived by Julius Caesar and dedicated...
- Martius in Rome, probably near the Saepta Julia, since the inscription mentioning it was just to the north of the Saepta. Work was begun on the amphitheater...
- referred to as the Saepta (Latin, "enclosure"). It was a wooden structure and was replaced by the larger and more ornate marble Saepta Julia after the civil...
- contests. According to Suetonius the gymnastic contests were held in the Saepta area of the Campus Martius.: 288  The history of Nero's reign is problematic...
- deities Isis and Serapis on the Campus Martius, directly to the east of the Saepta Julia. The temple to Isis, the Iseum Campense, stood across a plaza from...
- some jocular remark by Caligula. Caligula began an amphitheatre beside the Saepta Julia; he cleared the latter space for use as an arena, and filled it with...
- event of gladiatorial duels. The hunts were held in the Roman Forum, the Saepta, and in the Circus Maximus, though none of these venues offered protection...
- saepta, also called the ovile, which was named for the subdivisions for centuries that looked like rectangular pens. During the republic, the saepta was...
- used as the ****embling ground for elections. Julius Caesar planned for the Saepta (enclosures used for elections) to be placed there; they were later completed...
- Hülsen proposed a theory that the diribitorium was a second story atop the Saepta. List of Greco-Roman roofs C****ius Dio, Roman History, LV.5 Platner, Samuel...