User:Adahl5/Amphitheatre of Pompeii

After its restoration, the 10-year ban on events was revoked.

Some events like beast hunting and athletic competition were still allowed to take place. This may have been due to the intervention of Pomppae and a local magistrate.

A recovered fresco depicts the end of a fight, with the losing gladiator waiting for their fate will be.

Being on of the earliest Amphitheaters made, there was no underground areas for the gladiators. Instead, the quadriporticus was built above ground and close to the arena. When events were done, the dead were taken through a large door named the Porta Libitinensis to leave the arena to be disposed of.

Some of the posters would be repainted over to state the outcomes of the major events.

The Amphitheatre was designed so it could fit upwards of 20,000 people.