Description of Plate VIII.
PLAN OF THE SOUTH-EASTERN HALF, AT THE LOWEST LEVEL,
Shewing the Excavations in 1874 and 1875.
A, A. The frame, cradle, or dry dock, for the galleys to stand upon when not wanted for use.
F, F. The podium.
L. The passage for animals.
T, T. Lofty vaulted chambers, with seven sockets in a line in each.
V. Subterranean side-passage, called of Commodus.
a. The dens for wild beasts.
b. The shaft for a man to descend and feed the animals.
c. The drain and flood-gate at the mouth of it.
e, e. Small brick chambers of the time of Nero.
All the sockets that are visible are shewn in the plan, whether in the passages or in the chambers.
THE COLOSSEUM.
PLATE IX.
ARCHES IN THE SUBSTRUCTURE.
COLOSSEUM.
Arch of the Second Century, in the Substructure.
Brick Arch of Nero, in the Substructure.