Sapperton and Cirencester amphitheatre
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Jun 05, 2018 05:29 PM
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History
The Cirencester amphitheater is the second largest known in Britannia. Its earthworks supported tiered seats that could accommodate about 8,000 spectators. The amphitheater was converted to a fortified site in the fifth century during the Saxon invasions.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/172058377
51.7105802, -1.9714981
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Sapperton and Cirencester amphitheatre (30 BC - AD 300)
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- Sapperton and Cirencester amphitheatre located at Korinion/Cironium (unspecified date range)
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amphitheatre, amphitheater
Pleiades
Jeffrey Becker, 'Sapperton and Cirencester amphitheatre: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/172058377> [accessed: 26 September 2023]
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