Associations to the word «Naumachia»
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Wiktionary
NAUMACHIA, noun. (nautical) (in Ancient Rome) The recreation of sea battles in a river basin (or also a flooded amphitheater)
Dictionary definition
NAUMACHIA, noun. A naval spectacle; a mock sea battle put on by the ancient Romans.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.