Roman amphitheatres

Connected Sites: 27

Roman amphitheatres are theatres — large, circular or oval open-air venues with tiered seating — built by the ancient Romans. They were used for events such as gladiator combats, venationes (animal slayings) and executions. (wiki)

Connected Sites

  • Tarraco
    Tarraco
    Spain
    Inscribed: 2000
    2.85
    180
    9
    Roman amphitheatre
  • Amphitheater of El Jem
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.48
    156
    9
    Roman amphitheatre
  • Trier
    Trier
    Germany
    Inscribed: 1986
    3.48
    319
    9
    Roman amphitheatre
  • Leptis Magna
    Inscribed: 1982
    3.91
    31
    2
    Roman amphitheatre
  • Cilento and Vallo di Diano
    Inscribed: 1998
    3.39
    169
    5
    Paestum: Roman amphitheatre
  • Lyon
    Lyon
    France
    Inscribed: 1998
    3.22
    308
    9
    Roman amphitheatre
  • Carthage
    Carthage
    Tunisia
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.14
    171
    6
    Roman amphitheatre
  • Tauric Chersonese
    Inscribed: 2013
    2.83
    23
    4
    Roman amphitheatre
  • Rome
    Rome
    Holy See, Italy
    Inscribed: 1980
    4.57
    662
    13
    Roman amphitheatre: Colosseum, Castrense Amphiteatre
  • Mérida
    Mérida
    Spain
    Inscribed: 1993
    3.21
    168
    6
    Roman amphitheatre
  • Caves of Maresha and Bet Guvrin
    Inscribed: 2014
    3.25
    60
    9
    The Roman Amphitheater: This amphitheater was originally intended for gladiator fights to entertain the masses (off website)
  • Bosra
    Bosra
    Syria
    Inscribed: 1980
    3.06
    48
    6
    Roman amphitheatre
  • Bordeaux
    Bordeaux
    France
    Inscribed: 2007
    3.27
    260
    7
    "antique amphitheatre, the Palais Gallien (Gallien Palace)" (AB)
  • Verona
    Verona
    Italy
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.61
    369
    12
    Roman amphitheatre
  • Syracuse
    Inscribed: 2005
    3.59
    248
    8
    Roman amphitheatre
  • Pompei
    Pompei
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1997
    4.38
    452
    8
    Roman amphitheatre ("Built in 70AD, Pompeii's amphitheatre is the oldest and most complete pre-Colosseum style amphitheatre in the Roman world.")
  • Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles
    Inscribed: 2021
    3.93
    253
    12
    "The Scrovegni Chapel stands on a site where one can still see remains of the Roman amphitheatre (known as l'Arena). In fact, various elements of that ancient structure are used by the building: the gabled façade rests on the outline of the amphitheatre's external elliptical wall, and the side walls of the chapel seem to be traced along the radial walls that were part of it." (Nomination file, p. 50)
  • Nice
    Nice
    France
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.78
    354
    5
    Roman amphitheatre (Arènes de Cimiez) in the Cimiez quarter, from the 1st century AD.
    See fr.wikipedia.org
  • Lower German Limes
    Lower German Limes
    Germany, Netherlands
    Inscribed: 2021
    1.84
    198
    8
    "Archaeological remains in the property include (...) an amphitheatre" (Official description) – At Xanten, an "amphitheatre has been known for much longer here, and amphitheatres are known from extramural settlements elsewhere." (Nomination file, p. 55)
  • Danube Limes
    Danube Limes
    Austria, Germany, Slovakia
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.06
    246
    6
    A wooden amphitheatre was found in Künzing (ID No 8). In Carnuntum (ID No 31), an "amphitheater preserved in the area which was built in the 70ies of the 1st century is (...) part of the cannabae". "The amphitheater of the civilian city is found in the southern part of the city, and has been reconstructed several times after it was built in 2nd century AD." (Nomination file, p. 65, 78-79) Amphitheatre I in Carnuntum served primarily as a weapons training ground for the legionaries. However, gladiator fights (munera) and show hunts (venationes) also took place there, probably also games arranged especially for the troops.
    See de.wikipedia.org
  • Dacian Limes
    Inscribed: 2024
    2.01
    62
    3
    At Porolissum: "The amphitheatre, with 5000-5500 seats, was built as a wood structure during the reign of Hadrian. In 157 AD it was rebuilt in stone" (wiki)
  • Cyrene
    Cyrene
    Libya
    Inscribed: 1982
    3.00
    15
    1
    Roman Amphiteatre
  • Assisi
    Assisi
    Italy
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.76
    250
    8
    "the remains of the ancient amphitheatre" (AB Ev) – Roman amphitheatre: dating back to the first half of the 1st century AD, it is located at the end of the piazza Matteotti, outside the ancient city walls. (Nomination file, p. 43)
    See www.visit-assisi.it
  • Arles
    Arles
    France
    Inscribed: 1981
    3.43
    287
    8
    Arles Amphitheatre
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Aquileia
    Inscribed: 1998
    3.13
    175
    9
    Roman amphitheatre
  • Tipasa
    Tipasa
    Algeria
    Inscribed: 1982
    2.88
    48
    3
    Roman amphitheatre
  • Via Appia
    Inscribed: 2024
    3.19
    165
    4
    Amphitheatre of Capua