A dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities.. . es were gilded; and thatthe belt or circle which divided the several ranksof spectators from each other, was studded with aprecious mosaic of beautiful stones. The following ground-plan, external elevation,and section, are from Hirt, and contain of coursesome conjectural details. The ground plan is soarranged as to exhibit in each of its quarters theplan of each of the stories: thus, the lower right AMPHITHEATRUM. hand quarter shows the true ground-plan, or thatof the lowest story ; the .next on the left shows aplan of the erections on the level
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A dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities.. . es were gilded; and thatthe belt or circle which divided the several ranksof spectators from each other, was studded with aprecious mosaic of beautiful stones. The following ground-plan, external elevation, and section, are from Hirt, and contain of coursesome conjectural details. The ground plan is soarranged as to exhibit in each of its quarters theplan of each of the stories: thus, the lower right AMPHITHEATRUM. hand quarter shows the true ground-plan, or thatof the lowest story ; the .next on the left shows aplan of the erections on the level of the second rowof exterior columns, as well as the seats whichsloped down from that level to the lower one ; thenext quarter shows a similar plan of the third order, AMPHITHEATRUM. 85 and the upper right-hand quarter exhibits a viewof the interior as it would appear to an eye lookino-vertically down upon it. The dotted lines on thearena are the radii, and their points of intersectionthe centres, of the several arcs which make up theellipses.. GROUND PLAN OF THE FLAVIAN AMPHITHEATRE.