“This ultramodern amphitheater accommodates more than 9,000 fans in oversized, cushioned seating.”

“A drop-dead-gorgeous crowd was tangoing away in a makeshift, open-air amphitheater.”

“The self-sufficient campus has a post office, a farm, athletic fields, chapel and amphitheater.”

“Pompeii was a walled town with an amphitheatre, forum, basilica, several public baths, two theatres, and at least nine temples.”

“Nearby is a vast Roman amphitheatre for gladiatorial conflicts, mock sea-battles, and the killing of wild animals captured in nearby Africa.”

“The main volume is based on a Greek amphitheatre with steeply raked seating that offers good sight and sound lines.”

“The largest of these amphitheaters was the Colosseum, the ruins of which still exist.”

“Radial consequent streams cut deep canyons into the flanks of the extinct shield volcano, and these canyons are opened out into deep, steep-walled amphitheaters.”

“As a result, the Romans used arches for things such as aqueducts, amphitheaters, bridges, and domed temples.”

“Stepped seating rose like amphitheatres from the sun decks around the pool, so that it became an arena in which the swimmers took centre stage.”

“The semi-circular design of Greek and Roman amphitheatres clearly indicates a fundamental understanding of the spherical propagation of sound.”

“We Europeans lost our ancient theatre forms even though we have Greek and Roman texts and impressive amphitheatres.”