[DOC] [TLE] Water Battles at the Colosseum - Roman Colosseum [PAR] Was the giant arena flooded to stage the mock sea battles - known as 
naumachiae -or ... A system of sluice gates could be used to close off water and 
for water... [DOC] [TLE] Naumachia - Wikipedia [PAR] The naumachia in the Ancient Roman word referred to both the staging of naval 
battles as .... The arena at the Colosseum only measured 79.35 x 47.20 meters, ... 
Amphitheatres were not exclusively used for naumachiae; they would have been 
... In 18th and 19th century England, several parks featured mock naval battles... [DOC] [TLE] Secrets of the Colosseum | History | Smithsonian [PAR] A German archaeologist has finally deciphered the Roman amphitheater's 
amazing ... of runoff canals that he believes were used to drain the Colosseum 
after it was flooded from a nearby aqueduct, in order to stage naumachiae, or 
mock sea battles. ... A hunter in the arena wouldn't know where the next lion 
would appear,... [DOC] [TLE] Romans Once Filled the Colosseum with Water and Staged an Epic ... [PAR] Jan 27, 2016 ... ... these manic events in a lake, arena, or artificially constructed basin: flooding 
and ... You can think of a naumachia kind of as gladiator battle scaled up and 
tossed ... According to Roman historian Cassius Dio (235 AD), a sea fight did 
take ... water to float a fleet of boats into the world's largest amphitheater. [DOC] [TLE] Colosseum Naval Battles - Early Church History [PAR] These were reenactments on water of historical naval battles with condemned 
criminals as sailors. ... getting them on the boats and deciding when the battle 
would begin, and ... Nero in 57 was the first to give a naumachia in an 
amphitheater. ... all the combatants aboard into the flooded arena without letting 
out the water? [DOC] [TLE] The Naumachia of Titus and Domitian in the Colosseum [PAR] "For Titus suddenly filled this same theatre with water and brought in horses and 
bulls ... and certainly the image of the Colosseum arena being flooded is 
evocative. ... used by Crapper in his calculations, although the flow rate actually 
would be ... "even gave a naval battle in the amphitheatre" (Suetonius, IV.1; about 
AD 85). [DOC] [TLE] The Romans Flooded Amphitheaters To Host Insane Naval Battles ... [PAR] Jan 21, 2016 ... The Romans Flooded Amphitheaters To Host Insane Naval Battles ... own 
naumachia (the word could refer both to the event and the arena) in 2 BC ... The 
largest of the naumachiae was hosted by Claudius to celebrate the partial ... 
canals used to drain the amphitheater (it was filed by a nearby aqueduct). [DOC] [TLE] Amphitheatres | Roman Amphitheatre List - Historvius [PAR] It was also known for amphitheatres to be flooded to stage mock-naval battles. 
The majority of Roman amphitheatres were built in Imperial times and were used
... [DOC] [TLE] Roman Games, Chariot Races & Spectacle (Article) - Ancient History ... [PAR] Dec 4, 2013 ... The largest amphitheatre was the Colosseum with a capacity of at least 50,000 ... 
their emperor and, therefore, rulers were not slow to use the occasions to ... so 
too the crowd in the arena could witness weird, spectacular, and often ... mock 
naval battle (naumachiae) between Egyptian and Phoenician ships... [DOC] [TLE] NOVA Online | Colosseum | Questions & Answers - PBS [PAR] Question for Goldman: Were there any other stadiums in antiquity that used ... 
Question for Goldman: What made the Romans actually build the Colosseum? ... 
Question for Goldman: How did they go about flooding it for mock sea battles? ... 
poet Martial says that the amphitheater could change from dry land to the sea 
very... [DOC] [TLE] The Games - The Roman Empire [PAR] Oct 15, 2008 ... Far fewer festivals saw theatre plays than circus games. ... Though passions 
could often boil over, leading to violent clashes .... who in 310 BC to mock the 
Samnites, whom they had just defeated in battle, .... This was the term used for a 
gladiator who had not yet had a fight in the arena. ..... The 'Sea Battles' [DOC] [TLE]

Question: By flooding the arena, this largest Roman amphitheater could be used for mock naval battles
Answer: Colosseum