Greetings everyone! My name is Mr. Craft. Today you will learn about the Augustan naumachia. But what does naumachia mean? Naumachia is a Greek word. In Latin you can say sea-fight. The Romans often said naumachia. But what is it? In the naumachia spectators would watch ships fighting. Therefore, the naumachia had to be large. But where could the Romans place a naumachia? Augustus placed his naumachia across the Tiber River. Look! The naumachia of Augustus! What a sight! It’s so big! It’s so beautiful! What do you say? Shall we go in? My Hercules! It’s not big, but huge! There spectators… would watch sailors fighting in ships. The naumachia of Augustus even had its own aqueduct! Let’s go! The name of the aqueduct is Aqua Alsietina and it brought water from the Janiculum Hill to the naumachia. Oh you lucky viewers! Today there is a show! Let’s go! We can enter here. Here, viewers, the Emperor Augustus would watch with his friends. Look! A sea-fight! Wowzers! Ships against ships! Sailors against sailors! The sailors weren’t Roman but prisoners. What a sight! Now the Emperor Augustus will tell us about the naumachia. “I gave the people a public showing of a sea-fight across the Tiber River… in which thirty beaked triremes or biremes, And even more smaller ships were enthralled in battle… nearly three thousand men fought.” Behold the naumachia of Augustus! Farewell! Video Information
This video, titled ‘Naumachia – Latin – Minecraft’, was uploaded by Magister Craft on 2017-06-01 01:28:57. It has garnered 8834 views and 189 likes. The duration of the video is 00:04:08 or 248 seconds.
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