In 2010, following archaeological discoveries at the Roman ruins in Chester, some writers suggested that the Chester Roman Amphitheatre was the true prototype of the Round Table but the English Heritage Commission, acting as consultants to a History Channel documentary in which the claim was made, declared that there was no archaeological basis to the story.

The Colosseum, or the Coliseum, originally the Flavian Amphitheatre ( Latin: Amphitheatrum Flavium, Italian Anfiteatro Flavio or Colosseo ), is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, the largest ever built in the Roman Empire, built of concrete and stone.

Ruins of Roman Amphitheatre in Cagliari

The Arles Amphitheatre | Roman arena at Arles is still in use today, drawing large crowds for bullfighting as well as Play ( theatre ) | play s and concert s in summer.

Arles Amphitheatre, a Roman arena.

* Chester Roman Amphitheatre, Cheshire

Chester Visitor Centre, opposite the Roman Amphitheatre, issues a leaflet giving details of tourist attractions.

Live music events and Visual arts are staged at venues including the open-air Roman Amphitheatre, which hosts plays in the summer.

Durrës Amphitheatre | Roman Amphitheatre in Durrës

There have also been seven open-air summer shows, broadcast from Amphitheatre Xanten, Plaça de Toros de Palma de Mallorca, Disneyland Paris, Waldbühne Berlin, and Aspendos Roman Theatre.

* The Roman Amphitheatre, situated near the Roman Odeon, in Ifestou street, is one of the most important and impressive monuments of the city.

The Roman Amphitheatre

* The Roman Amphitheatre, built in the 2nd century and situated near Sant ' Oronzo Square, was able to seat more than 25, 000 people.

* Roman Amphitheatre, also discovered in 1881, together with a group of tombs, all belonging to the first four centuries AD, near the original necropolis.

The event took place at the Roman Amphitheatre in Zouk Mikael.

The hall ’ s horseshoe shape was taken from European opera house design and other design elements were inspired by historic performance halls, including the Roman Amphitheatre ( ).

Image: Albano L. Anfieatro Romano. JPG | Roman Amphitheatre

File: Avenches-arènes. jpg | L ’ évêque Tower with Amphitheatre and Roman Museum

Italica ’ s amphitheater seated 25, 000 spectators — half as many as the Flavian Amphitheatre in Rome — and was the third largest in the Roman Empire.

There's the Roman Amphitheatre, arcades of the Oree Gate, and remains of the Aqueduct arches.

Its principle feature is Cirencester Amphitheatre, an impressive ancient monument that is surrounded by many other archaeological features, most notably the extensive Roman Quarries and a huge Roman cemetery, now largely buried beneath the Cirencester ring road.

Apollo ( Attic, Ionic, and Homeric Greek:, Apollōn ( gen .: ); Doric:, Apellōn ; Arcadocypriot:, Apeilōn ; Aeolic:, Aploun ; ) is one of the most important and complex of the Olympian deities in ancient Greek and Roman religion, Greek and Roman mythology, and Greco – Roman Neopaganism.

Under Parthian and Sassanian Iranian empires, scholars concentrated on exchanging knowledge and inventions by the countries around them – India, China, and the Roman Empire, when it is thought to be expanded over the other countries.

The beads in the shorter grooves denote fives – five units, five tens etc., essentially in a bi-quinary coded decimal system, obviously related to the Roman numerals.

* 1896 – In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games is celebrated, 1, 500 years after the original games are banned by Roman Emperor Theodosius I.

* 1632 – Maria Leopoldine of Austria, Holy Roman Empire Empress ( d. 1649 )

* 1866 – Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, Canadian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church ( d. 1931 )

* 467 – Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.

* 1974 – Roman Hamrlík, Czech hockey player

* 1632 – Battle of Rain: Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus defeat the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years ' War.

* 311 – The Diocletianic Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire ends.

* 313 – Battle of Tzirallum: Emperor Licinius defeats Maximinus II and unifies the Eastern Roman Empire.

* 392 – Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor.

* 1806 – Francis II, the last Holy Roman Emperor, abdicates ending the Holy Roman Empire.

* 1697 – Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor ( d. 1745 )

* 70 – Jewish revolts against the Romans caused the Roman General Titus, later who became Caesar, to besiege the city.

* 378 – Gothic War: Battle of Adrianople – A large Roman army led by Emperor Valens is defeated by the Visigoths in present-day Turkey.

* 1329 – The Roman Catholic Diocese of Quilon, the first Indian Christian Diocese, is erected by Pope John XXII ; the French-born Jordanus is appointed the first Bishop.

* 1969 – Followers led by Charles Manson murder pregnant actress Sharon Tate ( wife of Roman Polanski ), coffee heiress Abigail Folger, Polish actor Wojciech Frykowski, men's hairstylist Jay Sebring and recent high-school graduate Steven Parent.

* 1962 – Representatives from the Russian Orthodox Church and Vatican City meet in Metz, France, and come to an agreement wherein the Russian church would send observers to the Second Vatican Council and in exchange, the Roman Catholic Church would refuse to condemn Communism.

* 216 BC – Second Punic War: Battle of Cannae – The Carthaginian army led by Hannibal defeats a numerically superior Roman army under command of consuls Lucius Aemilius Paullus and Gaius Terentius Varro.