Cavea
Sign in to savethumbnail|The different levels of the cavea in the Roman Theatre at Bosra. Ima cavea in blue, media cavea in red and summa cavea in yellow. The cavea (Latin for "enclosure") are the seating sections of Greek and Roman theatres and amphitheatres. In Roman theatres, the cavea is traditionally organised in three horizontal sections, corresponding to the social class of the spectators: the ima cavea is the lowest part of the cavea and the one directly surrounding the arena. It was usually reserved for the upper echelons of society. the media cavea directly follows the ima cavea and was open to t
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It is catalogued under the topic Ancient Roman architecture.
Its subject is documented across 17 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- architectural element
- Part of
- Roman theatre
- Has use
- seat
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- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Article · Polski
Cavea – łaciński termin określający widownię w kształcie półkola lub elipsy w teatrze rzymskim. Widownie tworzyły wznoszące się koncentrycznie rzędy kamiennych stopni - siedzeń. Patrycjusze siedzieli w pierwszych rzędach (prima cavea), a plebejusze w najwyższych (ultima cavea)
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