Velarium
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. Surviving graffiti in Pompeii advertise that next games will have awnings ( ). 's painting A ("curtain") was a type of awning used in Roman times. It stretched over the whole of the , the seating area in amphitheaters, to protect spectators from the sun. Retractable awnings were relatively common throughout the Roman Empire. Though the precise details are unclear, the awning was evidently usually supported by wooden masts, the sockets and brackets for which remain on the Colosseum and Arena of Nîmes, for example.
. Surviving graffiti in Pompeii advertise that next games will have awnings ( ). ]] 's painting ]] ]] A ("curtain") was a type of awning used in Roman times. It stretched over the whole of the , the seating area in amphitheaters, to protect spectators from the sun. Retractable awnings were relatively common throughout the Roman Empire. Though the precise details are unclear, the awning was evidently usually supported by wooden masts, the sockets and brackets for which remain on the Colosseum and Arena of Nîmes, for example.
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