Flavian Amphitheater at Puteoli
Creators: Griffin Hancock, Camryn Shiroma
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/333190326
40.8259157656, 14.1252987834
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Anfiteatro Flavio (30 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Anfiteatro Flavio (Italian, modern)
- Flavian Amphitheater (English, modern)
- Flavian Amphitheater at Puteoli located at Dikaiarcheia/Puteoli (30 BC - Present)
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amphitheatre, amphitheater
Pleiades
The Flavian Amphitheater at Puteoli was built beginning in the late 70s CE under Vespasian at the height of Puteoli’s prosperity and replaced a smaller, nearby Augustan amphitheater. It is located in the town of Puteoli, which became a major port town from the Republic onwards. It is the third largest amphitheater in Italy after the Colosseum and the amphitheater of Capua with a maximum capacity of 50,000 individuals. Its internal structure is very well-preserved compared to these other amphitheaters, including features such as elevator shafts used to bring gladiators and animals from the substructure to the surface and a series of fountains and cisterns to provide water for spectators, staff, and animals. There was a Corinthian colonnade, now collapsed, on the highest level of the exterior. This Flavian Amphitheater also holds significance to early Christian history: in 305 CE, two Christian saints, Proculus and Janarius—better known as San Gennaro, patron saint of Naples—were thrown to wild beasts here before being beheaded elsewhere in Puteoli.
Griffin Hancock, Camryn Shiroma, Jeffrey Becker, and Thomas Landvatter, 'Flavian Amphitheater at Puteoli: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/333190326> [accessed: 13 October 2024]
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