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‖ naumachia Rom. Antiq.|nɔːˈmeɪkɪə|
Pl. -iæ, † -ias.
[L. naumachia, a. Gr. ναυµαχία, f. ναῦς ship + µάχη fight.]
1. A mimic representation of a sea-fight.
1596Harington Metam. Ajax E iij, All the pastime he & his friends should haue had at a Naumachia or sea-game. 1709Mrs. Manley Secret Mem. (1720) IV. 272 Those noble Appearances, Naumachias, the Circus, Assemblies! Glories of former Reigns. 1748H. Walpole Let. to Conway 6 Oct., The superiority that his firework will have over the Roman naumachia. 1814Sir R. Wilson Priv. Diary (1861) II. 368 An immense oblong building in the interior of which there is space for horse-races and naumachia or sea-fights. 1840Penny Cycl. XVI. 107/2 Claudius exhibited a naumachia on the lake Fucinus.
2. A place specially constructed for the exhibition of mock sea-fights; esp. a building enclosing an artificial piece of water for this purpose.
1617Moryson Itin. i. 132 Under the Church..is the Naumachia of Nero, that is a place to represent Navall fights. 1689Evelyn Let. to Pepys 12 Aug., Their famous temples,..circuses, naumachias, bridges. 1727–38Chambers Cycl. s.v., There were several naumachias at Rome... Nero's naumachia served for the reverse of his medals. 1774Wraxall Tour North. Europe (1775) 3 The venerable remains of amphitheatres, temples and naumachiae. 1841W. Spalding Italy & It. Isl. I. 390 After his accession we hear of no more real fights in the naumachiæ. |