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ALiE AMP

enter, answering to the Sanctum Sancto -rum of the Jews .

Alj 5, Ailes, also passages in theatres,houses, &c. also in rooms, &c. the spacebetween the walls and the columns.

Amphiprostyle, i. e. double prostyle,or having pillars on both fronts; accord-ing to Vitruvius , the third order of tem-ples. See page 59-

Amphitheatre , a place for exhibitingshows, very spacious, of a round or ovalfigure, with many seats rising on everyside. The area in the middle was calledArena , because it was covered withsand, or sawdust, to prevent slipping,and to absorb blood. It was also calledCavea, because surrounded by the caves,or dens, in which the wild beasts werekept. The Arena w r as surrounded by awall of twelve or fifteen feet in height,the top of which formed a parapet ordefence to the front seat, which wastherefore called Podium. The seats weredistributed, the same as in a theatre.The entrance to the seats was called Vo-mitoria, the passage by which to ascendto the seats Scalce, or Scaluria, and the