naumachia

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Noun

naumachia (plural naumachias)

1. (historical, nautical, in Ancient Rome) The recreation of sea battles in a river basin (or also a flooded amphitheater)
   • 1816, John Keats ↗, "Sonnet - Before he went to feed with owls and bats", Wordsworth Editions (1994), page 270:

     BEFORE he went to feed with owls and bats
     

     Nebuchadnezzar had an ugly dream,
     

     Worse than an Hus'if's when she thinks her cream
     

     Made a Naumachia for mice and rats.

2. (historical) The location where such recreated sea battles took place.

Translations

• French: naumachie
• German: Naumachie
• Italian: naumachia
• Portuguese: naumaquia
• Spanish: naumaquia

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