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velarium

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ve·lar·i·um  (v-lâr-m)
n. pl. ve·lar·i·a (--)
A large awning, especially one suspended over a Roman theater or amphitheater.
[Latin vlrium, from vlum, sail, sheet, curtain.]
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Where the huge velarium that Nero had stretched across the Colosseum at Rome, that Titan sail of purple on which was represented the starry sky, and Apollo driving a chariot drawn by white, gilt-reined steeds?
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