The Pula Arena is a Roman amphitheater in Pula, in Istria, Croatia, and one of the best-preserved Roman amphitheaters in the world. Its outer wall of local limestone stands almost intact, with three storeys on the seaward side, and it could seat about twenty thousand spectators for gladiator games. Construction began under Augustus and the building was completed in the later 1st century CE. After gladiatorial combat ended, the arena was used for tournaments and markets. In the 16th century a plan to dismantle it and rebuild it in Venice was stopped by the Venetian senator Gabriele Emo. Today it hosts concerts and the Pula Film Festival.
Before and after
- 18 August 29 BCEOrigins of Temple of Caesar
- 28 BCEOrigins of Mausoleum of Augustus
- from 27 BCE to 284 CEPrincipate
- from January 27 BCE to January 395 CERoman Empire
- 27 BCEOrigins of Pula Arena
- from 27 BCE to 180 CEPax Romana
- c. 20 BCEVirgil's Aeneid is published
- 19 BCEConstruction of Western Wall
- 21 September 19 BCEDeath of Virgil
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