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Definition of Naumachies
1. naumachy [n] - See also: naumachy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Naumachies
Literary usage of Naumachies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1880)
"... plays, naumachies, places for sea-fights, * theatres, amphitheatres, able to
contain seventy thousand men, wherein they had several delightsome shows to ..."
2. Moeurs romaines du règne d'Auguste à la fin des Antonins by Ludwig Friedlaender (1867)
"naumachies de Titus, de Domitien et de Philippe. L'amphithéâtre avait encore une
autre destination, déjà indiquée. En inondant l'arène, on la faisait servir ..."
3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1783)
"... three triumphal edifices, palaces, wall: of cities, bridges with their ancient
pavements, naumachies, ..."
4. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1862)
"... plays, naumachies, places for sea-fights, 4 theatres, amphitheatres, able to
contain seventy thousand men, wherein they had several delightsome shows to ..."
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