Description of Plate XIV.
SECTION OF ONE BAY OR COMPARTMENT, AND PLANS OF THE SIX STOREYS.
a. Ground-storey and corridor.
b. First storey and upper corridor.
c. Second storey and vomitoria.
d. Third storey, passage, and vomitoria.
e. Fourth storey with vomitoria.
f. Upper storey.
It has not been generally observed that there are so many floors or storeys in the Colosseum. Two of these are only subdivisions for the vomitoria, still, to give a complete idea of the whole building, it was necessary to have them.
THE COLOSSEUM.
PLATE XV.
SUBSTRUCTURES,
With probable Restorations of the Stagna, the Arena, &c.
Two Views.
COLOSSEUM—SUBSTRUCTURES
h.h. STAGNUM—l.l. ARENA
BRICK ARCHES OF NERO SUPPORTING THE TUFA WALL AND ARCH