amphitheatrum flavium

1. 1.

   a large amphitheater in Rome whose construction was begun by Vespasian about AD 75 or 80

   SynonymsColosseum

   Broaderamphitheater

   Part ofRome

Questions about amphitheatrum flavium

What does amphitheatrum flavium mean?

amphitheatrum flavium means "a large amphitheater in Rome whose construction was begun by Vespasian about AD 75 or 80".

What is another word for amphitheatrum flavium?

Close synonyms include Colosseum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is amphitheatrum flavium a common word?

amphitheatrum flavium is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.