naumachia

There is no evidence that this form of address was used on any occasion other than this single naumachia.

The introduction of new technologies initially led to an increased number of naumachia.

In its further course, the Cakircak also ran through the city stadion, so that naumachia could be given.

Caesar, creator of the naumachia, simply had to transpose the same principle to another environment.

A new development occurred during the reign of Nero: a naumachia in an amphitheatre.

This makes sense, if the naumachia was no longer in use in his time (second half of the first century CE).

Through the choreography of the combat, the naumachia had the ability to represent historical or pseudo-historical themes.

The naumachia of Claudius therefore truly reproduced naval combat.

In 18th and 19th century England, several parks featured mock naval battles with model ships, which were also referred to as naumachia.

The church was originally called San Pellegrino in Naumachia.

It was different for Claudius' naumachia.

Aquatic displays, such as the mock sea battle (naumachia) and a form of "water ballet", were presented in engineered pools.

The specific nature of the spectacle as well as the historical themes borrowed from the Greek world are closely tied to the term naumachia.

Nero presented another naumachia in 64 AD.

It had bleachers (tiered stands for spectators) and the surface was about one sixth the size of the Augustan naumachia.

A naumachia, literally "naval combat", is an artificial lake where naval battles were reenacted for an audience.

This water was not suitable for drinking, however, and emperor Augustus used it to fill his naumachia in Trastevere.

Caesar's naumachia, the precise location of which remains unknown, was probably a simple basin dug in the bank of the Tiber.

Parc Monceau in Paris features a naumachia water feature, surrounded by a colonnade.

Indeed, there are countless signs of jousting in the Roman Empire, especially during naumachia (literally "naval combat").

Esther Boise van Deman identified the style of the brickwork facing the naumachia as trajanic.

The place called Naumachia would be an artificial lake within the Circus of Nero where naval battles were reenacted for an audience.

In 2009 he constructed four ships for the purpose of staging a Naumachia, a Roman-style gladiatorial sea battle staged for an audience.

New York artist Duke Riley staged a naumachia in 2009 at the Queens Museum of Art.

De Naumachie ("The Naumachia")