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A mock sea battle put on by the ancient Romans
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naumachia
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Nauheim bath \Nauheim bath\, etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] naumachia \naumachia\ n. Same as naumachy .
Wiktionary
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n. (context nautical in Ancient Rome English) The recreation of sea battles in a river basin (or also a flooded amphitheater)
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The naumachia (in Latin naumachia , from the Ancient Greek ναυμαχία/ naumachía , literally "naval combat") in the Ancient Roman word referred to both the staging of naval battles as mass entertainment and the basin (or more broadly, the complex) in which ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a naval spectacle; a mock sea battle put on by the ancient Romans [syn: naumachy ] [also: naumachiae (pl)]