Mérida - Anfiteatro Romano

Adjoining the theater are the excavated remains of the Roman Amphitheater, built in 8 B.C., in which 15,000 spectators could watch gladiatorial contests. The amphitheater could be flooded, so that ships could sail in and naval battles could be fought. After gladiatorial contests were banned material from the amphitheater was used for repairing the bridge over the Guadiana.