GALLIA ROMANA

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Of Gallo-Roman antiquities (15^th-17^th centuries)

Ville	Arles (Bouches-du-Rhône, 13)
Subject(s)	Amphitheatre

Author(s)	Pontanus, Isaac
	Dutch scholar (1571-1639)
Resource type	Printed book
Date	1606
Inscription
References	Pontanus 1606, Itin. p. 9
Bibliography	Constans 1921, pp. 298-324 ; Gros 1991, pp. 49-50 ; Gros 1996, pp. 335-337 ; Lemerle 2005, p. 89 ; Rothé/Heijmans 2008, pp. 274-283
Remarks

Transcription « Adiacet insignis moles cuneata theatri, Qam nondum valuit iam tot volventibus annis Diruere aut totam divellere avara vetustas. Eminet ovali primùm aspicienda figurâ, Planitiem interius curvæ sinus ambit arenæ, Inde suæ podium meliori parte refulget Immensique gradus et clivi lenè iacentes. Magnum opus et nostris meritò admirabile seclis Seu tu compagem saxorum operisque laborem Contuleris, nullasque notes hîc calcis arenas, Naturâ dicas non arte ea facta magistrâ. »