Associations to the word «Naumachia»

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

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Nathaniel Hawthorne