[30] “Alter in Amphitheatrali cavea cum adfuturus spectaculis introiret.” (Ammiani Marcellini, lib. xxix. 1, Valentinianus, &c., A.D. 371.)
“Quid pulvis Caveæ semper funebris et illa
Amphitheatralis spectacula tristia pompæ.”
(Prudentius contra Symmachum, lib. i. l. 384-5.)
“... stat cardine aperto
Infelix Cavea et clausis circum undique portis
Hoc licuisse nefas pavidi timuere Leones.”
(Statii Silvæ, lib. ii. 5; Leo Mansuetus imp., l. xi.)