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ARENA (Lat. for " sand ")

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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 452 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ARENA (
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Lat. for "
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sand ")  , the central
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area of an
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amphitheatre on which the gladiatorial displays took
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place, its name being derived from the
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sand with which it was covered . The word is applied sometimes to any level open space on which
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spectacles take place .

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