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  • Reminiscent of Amphitheatres in Roman times, the “West” is looking on as the innocent Palestinians are being butchered by American weapons, funded by taxes; enabled through lack of Arab leadership and unity, and an absence of human indignation.

    Massacre in Gaza: The Paradox of Peace 2008

  • From the poem Roman Amphitheatres by Syrian poet Muhammad Al-Maghut my translation: The future of Iraq is bleak the future of Palestine is bleak the future of liberty is bleak the future of unity is bleak the future of liberation is bleak the future of the economy is bleak the future of culture is bleak the future of love is bleak the future of the weather is bleak and above that:

    Friday, September 30, 2005 As'ad 2005

  • It was soon after used for the sails of vessels, and the Romans employed it for awnings in the Forum and the Amphitheatres.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 46, August, 1861 Various

  • Amphitheatres; of Statilius Taurus, 93; description of, 262, note; the

    De vita Caesarum Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus

  • Mercury, protector of commerce and travel; pieces of statues are found; but the Temples, the Amphitheatres, the Forums, have disappeared, and even more completely, the rude Christian churches of that early period.

    Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1 Elise Whitlock Rose

  • Amphitheatres -- Pantomimical and Lyrical elements in the sacrifice of the Mass -- Christian banishment of the

    A History of Pantomime R. J. Broadbent

  • Amphitheatres, finally her morals and effeminacy, till in the II century of our era, anyone living a life of luxurious gaiety was popularly said to have "set sail for Marseilles."

    Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1 Elise Whitlock Rose

  • The Ring at Casterbridge was merely the local name of one of the finest Roman Amphitheatres, if not the very finest, remaining in Britain.

    The Mayor of Casterbridge 1887

  • Roman Amphitheatres, if not the very finest, remaining in Britain.

    The Mayor of Casterbridge Thomas Hardy 1884

  • The next Morning the Queen being seated under a Canopy of State, enrich'd with precious Stones; and the Amphitheatres being crowded with Gentlemen and Ladies of all Ranks and Conditions from

    Zadig Or, The Book of Fate 1694-1778 Voltaire 1736

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