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Recent excavations at Oivita Ravinia. the Lamivium of the Romans, have exposed 1 lie remains of a Roman theatre. likelv to prove one of the largest discovered, its diameter of more than lnnOft. being only a few feet short of the diameter of the Pompeii theatre. J,alluvium is one of the oldest Ratio towns, ft cave - birth to Emperor Antonions Pius. Emperor Alarms Aurelius, author of the “Afoditntions.’ and Emneror Oommodus both lived there. The latter, in fact, often was a gladiator in th amphitheatre now attracting attention. Aeneas (the Troian prince celebrated bv Homer ami Virgil) is said to liave tied bis ship to rings in Ranuvium’s wall when iie landed in Italy after 1 is flight from Greece.
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Hokitika Guardian, 31 October 1922, Page 1
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125EMPEROR'S ARENA. Hokitika Guardian, 31 October 1922, Page 1
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