The Aqua Alsietina transported water into the Trastevere area of Rome (to Augustus's 'naumachia' - a man-made lake where the Romans could re-enact sea battles). From Wordnik.com. [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
It was written about B.C. 2, from the allusion, i. 171, to the 'naumachia' in that year. From Wordnik.com. [The Student's Companion to Latin Authors] Reference
Their adjacent solo installations are well worth seeing, if only because they are profoundly at odds with each other: Mr. Bozhkov salvages, while Mr. Riley torches the place in a "naumachia" (Roman naval battle). From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page]
Its ramparts, in a state of partial preservation, are still to be seen; also a magnificent triumphal arch, with three openings about 82 feet wide by 29 high; a "naumachia", or circus for naval combats; two theatres; the forum with fifty-five columns still standing; the great colonnade which crosses the city from north to south, and which still retains from 100 to 150 of its columns; several aqueducts; some propylaea; a temple of the Sun, the columns of which are about 40 feet high, and several other temples, baths, etc. Greek and Latin inscriptions are very numerous among the ruins. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI] Reference
And like you once wrote, Barcelona had a naumachia. From Wordnik.com. [Waterfall] Reference
Weil quotes Alois Nagler describing the program before this naumachia. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-06-01] Reference
In any case, the staging of a naumachia has not gone entirely out of fashion. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-06-01] Reference
To coincide with this event, the local tourist agency will stage a naumachia re-enacting The Deluge. From Wordnik.com. [Hydrology vs. the Apocalypse] Reference
One would imagine, it was with this view they instituted their naumachia, or naval engagements, performed by half. From Wordnik.com. [Travels through France and Italy] Reference
This is the Olympics, after all, and everything about this twentieth-century naumachia is practically drowning in symbolism. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-06-01] Reference
After all, China is building the biggest water project in the history of the world; staging a naumachia would be a walk in the park. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-06-01] Reference
Since we are talking about the Olympics, all of these lead us to wonder: will there be a naumachia during the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Games?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-06-01] Reference
In the chapter written by Mark S. Weil, then, we see the above etching of a naumachia, or mock sea battle, in the flooded courtyard of the Palazzo Pitti. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-06-01] Reference
You can be sure that naumachia or no naumachia there will be propaganda to be broadcast from Herzog & de Meuron's stadium to an audience in the billions. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-06-01] Reference
Glen DiCrocco Mr. Riley proposed a naval battle reminiscent of naumachia, a type of bloody sea battle conducted in basins, lakes and amphitheaters to entertain Roman emperors such as Caesar and Nero. From Wordnik.com. [Art, Ahoy! Duke Riley’s Battle Boats] Reference
As but one of certainly many possibilities, we could use them to stage an utterly marvelous water show in the grand tradition of the naumachia, those monumental re-enactments in Ancient Rome of epic naval battles. From Wordnik.com. [Trailing Suction Hopper Dredgers] Reference
Close to this theatre was a covered and sumptuous building, which I could not but suppose to be a naumachia, from its having rising rows of seats around the central space, with a channel leading into this from the river. From Wordnik.com. [Byeways in Palestine] Reference
For the Queens Museum, Mr. Riley proposed a naval battle reminiscent of naumachia, a type of bloody sea battle conducted in basins, lakes and amphitheaters to entertain Roman emperors like Caesar, Nero and later, Napoleon in Paris. From Wordnik.com. [The Battle for Queens] Reference
These latter were unknown to a population who could build such temples, naumachia, and colonnades, and who were protected farther eastwards by the numerous cities with high roads, still discoverable in ruins beyond this -- Belka and 'Ajloon. From Wordnik.com. [Byeways in Palestine] Reference
Rome, was of an inferior quality, and was chiefly used to supply a large naumachia, or reservoir, in which imitation sea fights were performed; while, on the other hand, the water of the Marcian was very clear and good, and was therefore used for domestic purposes. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 520, December 19, 1885] Reference
The discovery on the Hill of St. Sebastian of ruins of a naumachia capable of being transformed into an amphitheatre, and of some fragments of inscriptions apparently belonging to an altar of. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy] Reference
Just within this gateway is perceived an extensive naumachia, or theatre for the exhibition of sea-fights, constructed of fine masonry, and finished on the top with a large moulding wrought in the stone. From Wordnik.com. [Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time] Reference
I wish you could see him making squibs of his papillotes, and bronzed over with a patina of gunpowder, and talking himself still hoarser on the superiority that his firework will have over the Roman naumachia. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1] Reference
“I do think it's cruel, and I am not alone "But gladiatorial games set the rhythm of life in Rome, along with the chariot races, the naumachia, and theatrical dramas.”. From Wordnik.com. [Two For The Lions]
Labels: naumachia, olympics. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-06-01] Reference
A micro-naumachia?. From Wordnik.com. [Rainwater Harvesting in Quito] Reference
The magnificence of the Romans was not so conspicuous in their temples, as in their theatres, amphitheatres, circusses, naumachia, aqueducts, triumphal arches, porticoes, basilicae, but especially their thermae, or bathing-places. From Wordnik.com. [Travels through France and Italy] Reference
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