Roman Amphitheater in Toulouse

Owen — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:29:18 +0000

Today we visited the ruins of an ancient Roman amphitheater. The Roman amphitheater was located in Ancely near Blagnac. We rode our bicycles with our friends Katya and Oliver from the center of Toulouse to the Roman Amphitheater. It was a nice ride but it was hot and there were a few hills. There wasn’t a guide for the Amphitheater so we were left to reading the brochure. I am going to do some more reasearch before writing too much more so for now I leave you with the pictures and a definition. Oh yeah, one of the pictures is a vomitorium, aside from over eating and over drinking and possibly getting sick after watching the death matches, why else would this have been needed? Research commences.

amphitheater |?amf?????t?r|
noun
(esp. in Greek and Roman architecture) a round building, typically unroofed, with a central space for the presentation of dramatic or sporting events. Tiers of seats for spectators surround the central space.
• a sloping, semicircular seating gallery : I was permitted to attend a lecture in the amphitheater of the hospital.
• a large circular hollow in rocks or hills : that vast amphitheater chiseled out of the mountain.

svgallery=amphi

France Tales » roman ruins in france

Roman Amphitheater in Toulouse

Read these similar posts