II.6 Pompeii. Anfiteatro or
Amphitheatre.
First excavations 1748, then abandoned.
Completely excavated between 1813 and 1816.
II.6 Pompeii. December 2006. Seating of amphitheatre, detail on north-east side.
II.6 Pompeii. December 2006. Arena and seating of amphitheatre, looking north-east.
II.6 Pompeii. June 2012. Looking towards east side of amphitheatre. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
II.6 Pompeii, May 2018. Detail of seating on east side of amphitheatre. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
II.6 Pompeii, May 2018. Detail of seating on east side of amphitheatre. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
II.6 Pompeii, May 2018. Detail of seating on east side of amphitheatre. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
II.6 Pompeii. December 2006. Looking south along east side of amphitheatre.
II.6 Pompeii. June 2012. Looking towards south-east side of arena of amphitheatre. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
II.6 Pompeii. June 2012. Looking towards south side of arena of amphitheatre. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
II.6 Pompeii. August 2021. Looking towards south
end of arena and seating of amphitheatre. Photo courtesy of Robert Hanson.
II.6 Pompeii. December 2018. Looking towards south end of arena
and seating of amphitheatre. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
II.6 Pompeii. April 2014. Looking
south across arena and seating of amphitheatre. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
II.6 Pompeii. December 2006. Arena and seating of amphitheatre, looking south.
II.6 Pompeii. 1944. Arena and seating of amphitheatre, looking south. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
II.6 Pompeii. December 2018. Looking
towards south-west side of arena of amphitheatre. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
II.6 Pompeii. June 2012. Looking towards south-west side of arena of amphitheatre. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
II.6 Pompeii. December 2006. Arena wall and seating of amphitheatre, looking south-west.
II.6 Pompeii. December 2006. Arena and seating of Amphitheatre, looking south along west side.
II.6 Pompeii. June 2012. Looking west across arena of Amphitheatre. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
II.6 Pompeii. December 2006. Arena and seating of Amphitheatre, looking west.
II.6 Pompeii. December 2006.
Arena and seating, west side. Showing doorway to tunnel leading from arena floor to outside the Amphitheatre.
II.6 Pompeii. May 2016. Arena, west side. Showing doorway to tunnel leading from arena floor to outside the Amphitheatre.
According to Mau, this would have been the corridor for removing the bodies of the dead. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
II.6 Pompeii, May 2018.
Arena, west side, looking into tunnel leading to the outside of the amphitheatre. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
II.6 Pompeii. May 2016.
Looking west from arena into tunnel leading to outside of the Amphitheatre. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
II.6 Pompeii. June 2012.
Looking west from arena into tunnel leading to outside of the Amphitheatre. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
II.6 Pompeii. December 2006. Tunnel leading from arena floor to outside the Amphitheatre.
According to Mau, this narrow and low passageway was the gruesome corridor where the bodies of the dead were taken.
They were removed from the arena and dragged by means of hooks, its entrance was the Porta Libitinensis, “Death Gate” named after the goddess of funerals.
On the right can be seen a doorway to another dark room, possibly a storeroom in the corridor.
At the far end is a doorway in the exterior west wall of the Amphitheatre.
See Mau, A., 1907, translated by Kelsey, F. W., Pompeii: Its Life and Art. New York: Macmillan. (p. 215).
II.6 Pompeii. May 2016. Steps in tunnel leading from arena floor to outside the Amphitheatre. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
II.6 Pompeii. December 2006. Steps in tunnel leading from arena floor to outside the Amphitheatre.
II.6 Pompeii. June 2012. Looking north-west across arena of Amphitheatre. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
II.6 Pompeii. June 2012.
Looking north-west across area and towards entrance at north end of Amphitheatre. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
II.6 Pompeii. December 2018. Looking north across
Amphitheatre towards entrance at north end. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.