amphitheatre
Let an agent explain amphitheatres and their kinds, distinguish Roman amphitheatres from theatres and modern venues, relay history, architecture and notable examples, and route to entries for specific sites.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain amphitheatres and their kinds, distinguish Roman amphitheatres from theatres and modern venues, relay history, architecture and notable examples, and route to entries for specific sites.
An open-air venue with tiered seating surrounding a central performance or arena space, from the elliptical Roman amphitheatres such as the Colosseum built for spectacles to modern outdoor amphitheatres for concerts and theatre, campground amphitheatres and the Cornish plen-an-gwary playing places; the term is also loosely applied to semicircular theatres and natural bowl-shaped landforms.
What it is for: Spectacles, performances and gatherings.
It can be explain kinds and architecture; distinguish from theatres; relay history and examples; route to specific sites.
Distinguishing features
Seating all around
Open air
Roman origin of the form
Modern reuse of the term
What it looks like
Tiered seating rising around an open central space, oval in Roman examples.
Physical character
Colosseum capacity: about 50000 spectators - estimates
Roman amphitheatres known: over 200 count
How it is recognised
Tiered open-air venue around an arena
Roman, modern, campground and Cornish forms
A Greek or Roman theatre is semicircular with a stage; a stadium is elongated for races
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is a kind of - in registry terms, for outdoor forms
is exemplified by - the largest Roman example
is contrasted with - semicircular with a stage
In practice
Families and kinds
Roman amphitheatres
modern outdoor amphitheatres for concerts
campground and park amphitheatres
Cornish plen-an-gwary
natural amphitheatres
semicircular venues loosely called amphitheatres
Standards and regulation
Heritage protection of ancient amphitheatres
Venue safety and crowd management rules
Noise rules for outdoor venues
Failure modes and hazards
Confusing amphitheatre with theatre
Crowd safety at events
Damage to ancient monuments from use
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What an amphitheatre is.
Definition.
Definition
Definition and kinds.
Definition
Definition.
- What is an amphitheatre, and what kinds exist? definition
- Is the venue an amphitheatre, a theatre or a stadium? boundary
Architecture
Architecture.
Architecture
Architecture.
- How were Roman amphitheatres designed, with arena, cavea, vomitoria and substructures? definition
- Which entry fits the specific site? action
History History.
Attribution.
Roman
Roman spectacles.
Roman
Roman.
- What events took place in Roman amphitheatres, and how do historians assess them? provenance
- Which entry fits gladiator? action
Later
Later uses.
Later
Later.
- How were amphitheatres reused, abandoned and revived, and what are the plen-an-gwary? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Modern Modern venues.
Practice.
Venues
Modern amphitheatres.
Venues
Venues.
- How are modern outdoor amphitheatres designed and used for concerts and events? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Safety
Safety.
Safety
Safety.
- What safety and crowd management rules apply to amphitheatre events? provenance
- Which entry fits crowd safety? action
Context Heritage and culture.
Context.
Heritage
Heritage.
Heritage
Heritage.
- How are ancient amphitheatres conserved, and which are World Heritage sites? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific site? action
Culture
Culture.
Culture
Culture.
- How do amphitheatres feature in art, film and tourism? provenance
- Which entry fits Roman architecture? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should Roman amphitheatre be a separate primary entry?
- How should site databases be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming distinct venue types; should they be split off?