naumachia
IPA: nˈaʊmʌʃˈiʌ
noun
- (historical, nautical, in Ancient Rome) The recreation of a sea battle staged for entertainment.
- (historical) The location where such recreated sea battles took place; a building featuring an artificial body of water.
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Examples of "naumachia" in Sentences
- The naumachia of Claudius therefore truly reproduced naval combat.
- After the Flavian period, naumachia disappear from the texts almost completely.
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