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Definition of Naumachia
1. Noun. A naval spectacle; a mock sea battle put on by the ancient Romans.
Definition of Naumachia
1. Noun. (nautical in Ancient Rome) The recreation of sea battles in a river basin ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Naumachia
1. [n -CHIAE or -CHIAS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Naumachia
Literary usage of Naumachia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Tour Through Sicily and Malta: In a Series of Letters to William Beckford by Patrick Brydone (1817)
"After admiring the great theatre of Tauro- minum, we went to examine the naumachia,
and the reservoirs for supplying it with water. ..."
2. The two books on the water supply of the city of Rome of Sextus Julius by Sextus Julius Frontinus, Clemens Herschel (1899)
"... naumachia to the people of Rome, there is hardly a question that the motive
... a small lake near naumachia.l and to the eastward of Lago di Bracciano. ..."
3. The Spirit of the Public Journals: Being an Impartial Selection of the Most by Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott (1815)
"I have no doubt of its affording as much amusement to all other grown-up children,
as it doubtless did to the sublime projector of the naumachia. Yours, &c. ..."
4. Travels in the Three Great Empires of Austria, Russia, and Turkey by Charles Boileau Elliott (1838)
"Tomb of Antipas.—Bath.—Beautiful vase. —Ancient pillars.—Well.— Hill of acropolis.
— Genoese fort. — Trajan's temple. — Aqueduct. — naumachia. — Theatre. ..."
5. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"... the naumachia of Augustus, which wa sheet of water for the representation of
sea- 1 Telia, which now supplies the Fountain of Termini, ad various others ..."
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