Tours Amphitheatre, the Glossary

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1. 63 relations: Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, Acadian architecture, Amiens, Amphitheatre of Mérida, Aqueduct (water supply), Architecture, Arena of Nîmes, Augusta Emerita, Augustus, Autun, Avenches, Bourges, Cadastre, Canonical erection of a house of religious in the Catholic Church, Capua, Cardo, Carthage, Carthage amphitheatre, Castra, Cavea, Centre-Val de Loire, Charles the Bald, Charles the Simple, Chemise (wall), Civitas, Colosseum, Counterscarp, Decumanus, Earthworks (engineering), Ellipse, Euergetism, Fall of the Western Roman Empire, Fortification, France, French Revolution, Gallia Lugdunensis, Gaul, Italica, Lillebonne, List of Roman amphitheatres, Loire, Martigny, Masonry, Metz, Middle Ages, Moat, Monument historique, Nîmes, Normans, Opus vittatum, ... Expand index (13 more) »

2. Roman amphitheatres in France
3. Ruins in Centre-Val de Loire

Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres

The is a French learned society devoted to history, founded in February 1663 as one of the five academies of the.

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Acadian architecture

Acadian architecture, also known as Cadien architecture, is a traditional style of architecture used by Acadians and Cajuns.

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Amiens

Amiens (English: or;; Anmien, Anmiens or Anmyin) is a city and commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille.

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Amphitheatre of Mérida

The Amphitheatre of Mérida is a Roman amphitheatre in the Roman colonia of Emerita Augusta –present-day Mérida, Spain–, capital of the Roman province of Lusitania.

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Aqueduct (water supply)

An aqueduct is a watercourse constructed to carry water from a source to a distribution point far away.

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Architecture

Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction.

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Arena of Nîmes

The Arena of Nîmes (Arènes de Nîmes) is a Roman amphitheatre in Nîmes, southern France. Tours Amphitheatre and Arena of Nîmes are Roman amphitheatres in France.

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Augusta Emerita

Augusta Emerita, also called Emerita Augusta, was a Roman colonia founded in 25 BC in present day Mérida, Spain.

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Augustus

Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus (born Gaius Octavius; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian (Octavianus), was the founder of the Roman Empire.

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Autun

Autun is a subprefecture of the Saône-et-Loire department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of central-eastern France.

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Avenches

Avenches is a Swiss municipality in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Broye-Vully.

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Bourges

Bourges is a commune in central France on the river Yèvre.

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Cadastre

A cadastre or cadaster is a comprehensive recording of the real estate or real property's metes-and-bounds of a country.

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Canonical erection of a house of religious in the Catholic Church

The conditions for the canonical erection of a house of religious are indicated in canons 608-611 of the 1983 Code of Canon Law.

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Capua

Capua is a city and comune in the province of Caserta, in the region of Campania, southern Italy, situated north of Naples, on the northeastern edge of the Campanian plain.

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Cardo

A cardo (cardines) was a north–south street in Ancient Roman cities and military camps as an integral component of city planning.

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Carthage

Carthage was an ancient city in Northern Africa, on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now Tunisia.

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Carthage amphitheatre

The Carthage Amphitheatre was a Roman amphitheatre constructed in the first century CE in the city of Carthage, Tunisia, which was rebuilt by Dictator Julius Caesar and became the capital of Africa Proconsularis.

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Castra

In the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, the Latin word castrum (castra) was a military-related term.

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Cavea

The cavea (Latin for "enclosure") are the seating sections of Greek and Roman theatres and amphitheatres.

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Centre-Val de Loire

Centre-Val de Loire (In isolation, Centre is pronounced.) or Centre Region (région Centre), as it was known until 2015, is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France.

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Charles the Bald

Charles the Bald (Charles le Chauve; 13 June 823 – 6 October 877), also known as Charles II, was a 9th-century king of West Francia (843–877), King of Italy (875–877) and emperor of the Carolingian Empire (875–877).

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Charles the Simple

Charles III (17 September 879 – 7 October 929), called the Simple or the Straightforward (from the Latin Carolus Simplex), was the king of West Francia from 898 until 922 and the king of Lotharingia from 911 until 919–923.

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Chemise (wall)

In medieval castles, the chemise (French: "shirt") was typically a low wall encircling the keep, protecting the base of the tower.

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Civitas

In Ancient Rome, the Latin term civitas (plural civitates), according to Cicero in the time of the late Roman Republic, was the social body of the cives, or citizens, united by law (concilium coetusque hominum jure sociati).

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Colosseum

The Colosseum (Colosseo) is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, just east of the Roman Forum. Tours Amphitheatre and Colosseum are buildings and structures completed in the 1st century.

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Counterscarp

A scarp and a counterscarp are the inner and outer sides, respectively, of a ditch or moat used in fortifications.

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Decumanus

In Roman urban planning, a decumanus was an east–west-oriented road in a Roman city or castrum (military camp).

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Earthworks (engineering)

Earthworks are engineering works created through the processing of parts of the earth's surface involving quantities of soil or unformed rock.

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Ellipse

In mathematics, an ellipse is a plane curve surrounding two focal points, such that for all points on the curve, the sum of the two distances to the focal points is a constant.

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Euergetism

Euergetism (or evergetism, from the Greek εὐεργετέω, "do good deeds") was the ancient practice of high-status and wealthy individuals in society distributing part of their wealth to the community.

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Fall of the Western Roman Empire

The fall of the Western Roman Empire, also called the fall of the Roman Empire or the fall of Rome, was the loss of central political control in the Western Roman Empire, a process in which the Empire failed to enforce its rule, and its vast territory was divided between several successor polities.

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Fortification

A fortification (also called a fort, fortress, fastness, or stronghold) is a military construction designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is used to establish rule in a region during peacetime.

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

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French Revolution

The French Revolution was a period of political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789, and ended with the coup of 18 Brumaire in November 1799 and the formation of the French Consulate.

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Gallia Lugdunensis

Gallia Lugdunensis (French: Gaule Lyonnaise) was a province of the Roman Empire in what is now the modern country of France, part of the Celtic territory of Gaul formerly known as Celtica.

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Gaul

Gaul (Gallia) was a region of Western Europe first clearly described by the Romans, encompassing present-day France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and parts of Switzerland, the Netherlands, Germany, and Northern Italy.

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Italica

Italica (Itálica) was an ancient Roman city in Hispania; its site is close to the town of Santiponce in the province of Seville, Spain.

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Lillebonne

Lillebonne is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in Northern France.

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List of Roman amphitheatres

The remains of at least 230 Roman amphitheatres have been found widely scattered around the area of the Roman Empire.

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Loire

The Loire (Léger; Lêre; Liger; Liger) is the longest river in France and the 171st longest in the world.

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Martigny

Martigny (Martinach,; Octodurum) is the capital city of the district of Martigny, canton of Valais, Switzerland.

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Masonry

Masonry is the craft of building a structure with brick, stone, or similar material, including mortar plastering which are often laid in, bound, and pasted together by mortar.

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Metz

Metz (Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then Mettis) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.

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Moat

A moat is a deep, broad ditch dug around a castle, fortification, building, or town, historically to provide it with a preliminary line of defence.

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Monument historique

Monument historique is a designation given to some national heritage sites in France.

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Nîmes

Nîmes (Nimes; Latin: Nemausus) is the prefecture of the Gard department in the Occitanie region of Southern France.

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Normans

The Normans (Norman: Normaunds; Normands; Nortmanni/Normanni) were a population arising in the medieval Duchy of Normandy from the intermingling between Norse Viking settlers and locals of West Francia.

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Opus vittatum

Opus vittatum ("banded work"), also called opus listatum, was an ancient Roman construction technique introduced at the beginning of the fourth century, made by parallel horizontal courses of tuff blocks alternated with bricks.

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Périgueux

Périgueux (Peireguers or Periguers) is a commune in the Dordogne department, in the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France.

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Quoin

Quoins are masonry blocks at the corner of a wall.

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Retaining wall

Retaining walls are relatively rigid walls used for supporting soil laterally so that it can be retained at different levels on the two sides.

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Roman amphitheatre

Roman amphitheatres are theatres — large, circular or oval open-air venues with tiered seating — built by the ancient Romans.

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Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the state ruled by the Romans following Octavian's assumption of sole rule under the Principate in 27 BC, the post-Republican state of ancient Rome.

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Roman province

The Roman provinces (pl.) were the administrative regions of Ancient Rome outside Roman Italy that were controlled by the Romans under the Roman Republic and later the Roman Empire.

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Senlis

Senlis is a commune in the northern French department of Oise, Hauts-de-France.

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Tiberius

Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus (16 November 42 BC – 16 March AD 37) was Roman emperor from AD 14 until 37.

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Topography

Topography is the study of the forms and features of land surfaces.

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Tours

Tours (meaning Towers) is the largest city in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France.

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Tours Cathedral

Tours Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Gatien de Tours) is a Roman Catholic church located in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France, and dedicated to Saint Gatianus.

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Trier

Trier (Tréier), formerly and traditionally known in English as Trèves and Triers (see also names in other languages), is a city on the banks of the Moselle in Germany.

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Vomitorium

A vomitorium is a passage situated below or behind a tier of seats in an amphitheatre or a stadium, through which big crowds can exit rapidly at the end of an event.

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See also

Roman amphitheatres in France

• Amphitheatre of the Three Gauls
• Arènes de Fréjus
• Arènes de Lutèce
• Archaeological site of Grand
• Arena of Nîmes
• Arles Amphitheatre
• Cahors
• Gallo-Roman Theater of Lisieux
• Tours Amphitheatre

Ruins in Centre-Val de Loire

• Tours Amphitheatre

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tours_Amphitheatre

Also known as Amphitheater of Tours, Amphitheatre of Tours, Caesarodunum amphitheater, Caesarodunum amphitheatre, Tours Amphitheater.

, Périgueux, Quoin, Retaining wall, Roman amphitheatre, Roman Empire, Roman province, Senlis, Tiberius, Topography, Tours, Tours Cathedral, Trier, Vomitorium.