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Plioto by Emil P. Albreclit 



tut ROMAN ARE;nA FROM THE; PIAZZA BRA, OR VITTORIO EMMANUELS: VERONA 



In 1814 an earthquake destroyed all but these four arcades of the outer wall, or "ala." 

 The interior has been carefully, almost too carefully, restored : but the exterior of the arena 

 suggests at once its great age and its stupendous plan. "Originally serving for the combats 

 of wild beasts, it was next used by gladiators, then by those awful slaughters of man by beast 

 that marked the coming of Christianity, and fell slowly into disuse as the faith gained 

 power" (see text, page 572). 



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