A, The arena.
_p_, The wall or podium inclosing it.
P, The podium itself, on which were chairs, or seats, for the
senators, &c.
M′, The first maenianum, or slope of benches, for the equestrian
order.
M″, The second maenianum.
M‴, The third maenianum, elevated considerably above the preceding
one, and appropriated to the pullati.
W, The colonnade, or gallery, which contained seats for women.
E, The narrow gallery round the summit of the interior, for the
attendants who worked the velarium.
_pr_, _pr_, The præcinctiones, or landings, at the top of the
first and second maenianum; in the pavement of which were grated
apertures, at intervals, to admit light into the vomitoria beneath
them.