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The Roman Amphitheatre of Catania is a 2nd-century arena partially visible in Piazza Stesicoro, one of the city's busiest squares. With an estimated capacity of 15,000 spectators, it was the largest amphitheatre in Sicily and among the biggest in the Roman Empire.
Built in the 2nd century AD, the amphitheatre could seat up to 15,000 spectators for gladiatorial combat and animal hunts. After the fall of Rome, locals quarried its stones for other buildings. Lava flows from Etna and subsequent urbanisation buried most of the structure; only systematic 20th-century excavations revealed its true scale.