10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NAUMACHIA»
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The Sea Kings of Rome: Champions of the
Naumachia
In 79 AD, two men heralded as demi-gods, stepped onto Roman Triremes as they prepared themselves for the Naumachia.
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Pirro Ligorio: The Renaissance Artist, Architect, and ...
Pasi da Carpi, Naumachia, Ferrara, Biblioteca Comu- nalc Ariostea pleasure for
control of the island. The various combatants rode waterborne monsters created,
along with the costumes by Ligorio, according to a description by Count Ercole ...
3
Naumachia, Or Hollands Sea-Fight (1622)
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Sport in Ancient Rome, Including: Chariot Racing,
Naumachia, ...
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Gladiators: Violence and Spectacle in Ancient Rome
This book offers a fascinating, and fair historical appraisal of gladiatorial combat, which will bring the games alive to the reader and help them see them through the eyes of the ancient Romans.
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The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of ...
... is the site of the naumachia, a large basin or hollow used for exhibiting the
representation of a naval engagement, with the remains of an aqueduct for
conveying the water to it. There are, also, the ruins of some temples. One of these
, that of ...
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The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of ...
Another lake was dug in the Campus Martius by Caligula (Dion Cass., lix. 10); but
Claudius exhibited a naumachia on the lake Fucinus, now Celano. (Suet., Claud..
21 ; Dion, lx. 33 ; Tac, Ann., xii. 56.) The old naumachia (vetus naumachia), ...
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Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
s.v. Velia Naumachia Extensive water basin built by Augustus in *Trans Tiberim
in 2 B.C. to stage mock naval battles and aquatic displays for the Roman people.
In the Res Gestae (23), Augustus gives the dimensions of this large basin as ...
Lothar Haselberger, David Gilman Romano, Elisha Ann Dumser, 2002
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NAUMACHIA»
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naumachia is used in the context of the following news items.
10 tourist traps you should avoid in Italy - and where to go instead
While ancient Roman buildings and ruins are sprinkled across town, the most famous ones are the Teatro Greco and the Naumachia. «Business Insider, Jun 15»
British Life During the Napoleonic Wars (Yes, Including Jane Austen)
In London the battle prompted a new panorama at the Naumachia, a theater in Fleet Street specially built to stage sea battles, while Thomas ... «Jezebel, Jun 15»
Chris Borland isn't the one who's out of his head
The gladiation officials insisted, however, that gladiating was “as safe as it has always been, and definitely way safer than naumachia.” America ... «Washington Post, Mar 15»
The Yachts Of The Super&Rich Do Battle In These Violent Photo …
French artist Vincent Debanne doesn't think the naumachia of our times ... a modern day naumachia, in which the yachts of the ultra-rich go to ... «Co.Design, Sep 14»
Limerick 'CityOne' Sailing Dinghies Unite The Shannonside Capital …
Minister for Finance Michael Noonan, the senior TD in Limerick, yesterday morning launched a "Naumachia in the Cathedral" with the boats ... «Afloat, Sep 14»
8 Things You May Not Know About the Praetorian Guard
... the Guard took part in gruesome wild beast hunts to demonstrate their combat prowess, and they played a notorious role in a “naumachia,” or ... «History, Jul 14»
Artist Duke Riley's themes include waterways and barriers
In 2009, Riley staged a Roman-style gladiatorial sea battle, called a Naumachia, in a reflecting pool at the Queens Museum of Art, for which he ... «The Courier-Journal, May 14»
Why Cross Country is the Toughest, Nerdiest Sport
In short, cross country is the best damn sport there is (and that there ever will be, unless a national interest in naumachia can be reinvigorated). «FanSided, May 13»
HATE Bassist Suffered Cardiac Arrhythmia, Says Autopsy Report
... for sympathy, love and any kind of support that we have been given by Slawek's friends from the bands HATE, NAUMACHIA and SALTUS. «BLABBERMOUTH.NET, Apr 13»
Rockers We've Lost in 2013: Hate's Slawek 'Mortifer' Archangielskij
The bassist also was a member of Polish metal act Naumachia and played guitar for yet another blackened death metal band, Saltus. Next: Iron ... «Loudwire, Apr 13»
