CHAPTER XXIII. THE THEATRE COLONNADE
Excavation (October 25, 1766, to April 7, 1769, and December 10, 1791, to February 20, 1794): Fiorelli, Pomp. ant. hist., vol. 1, pt. 1, pp. 195-228, pt. 2, pp. 46-48, 51, 52, 54, 151-153, pt. 3, p. 273.
Remains, identification, restoration: Mazois, Les ruines de Pompéi, vol. 3, pp. 12-15, pl. 2-6; Gell, Pompeiana (Edit. of 1852), p. 184; Garrucci, Il Ludus Gladiatorius, ovvero Convitti dei Gladiatori, in his Questioni Pompeiane (Naples, 1853), pp. 1-8; Nissen, Pomp. Studien, pp. 253-262. The suggestion has lately been made that the colonnade may have been designed as the Gymnasium of pre-Roman Pompeii (Petersen, Ueber die sogen. Gladiatorenkaserne in Pompeji, Röm. Mitth., vol. 14 (1899), pp. 103-104).
Graffiti: C. I. L. IV. pp. 157-159.
Exhibitions of gladiators [[p. 161]]: C. I. L. X. 1074, and references to [Chap. XXX].
Paintings [[pp. 161]-[162]]: Helbig, Wandegemälde, nos. 322, 1512.
CHAPTER XXIV. THE PALAESTRA
Excavation (April 13 to August 31, 1797): Fiorelli, Pomp. ant. hist., vol. 1, pt. 2, pp. 66-68.
Remains, identification: Mazois, vol. 3, pp. 25-26, pl. 11, 12; Nissen, Pomp. Studien, pp. 158-170; Mau, Der Fundort des Neapler Doryphoros, Strena Helbigiana (Leipzig, 1900), pp. 184-187.
Measurements, showing conformity to the Oscan standard [[p. 165]]: Mau, Pomp. Beiträge, pp. 21-23.