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Amphitheatre of Capua, Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Caserta, Campania, Italy, Europe

The Amphitheatre of Capua was a Roman amphitheatre in the city of Capua, second only to the Colosseum in size and probably the model for it. It may have been the first amphitheatre to be built by the Romans. and was the location of the first and most famous gladiator school. The amphitheatre was the location of the outbreak of the revolt of Spartacus in 73 BC, which threatened the city of Rome for two years in the period immediately preceding the First Triumvirate. Today its remains are found in the comune of Santa Maria Capua Vetere, on Piazza I Ottobre. Much of the stone from the amphitheatre was reused by the Capuans in the Norman period in order to build the Castello delle Pietre. Some of the ornamental busts which were originally used as keystones for the arches of the amphitheatre are found today in the facade of the Palazzo del comune of Capua. Since December 2014, the museum, amphitheatre and mithraeum have been under the control of the state museum of Campania.