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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 579 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CAVEA , the Latin name given to the subterranean cells in which the See also:

wild beasts were confined See also:prior to the combats in the See also:Roman See also:arena. The See also:term is sometimes applied to the See also:amphitheatre (q.v.) itself.

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