Show in the stadium the word stadium Is the latin I 1 form of a grook greek namo name for or the measure of distance a stade feet or approximately an eighth of a roman mile As aa this was the usual distance for toot foot races at olympia Olymp la the name came calno to be given to the structure wherein the foot races and other athletic contests were held all the ancient greek of which the at stadium a d in at athens athena built by lycurgus B C and restored by king george of greece in 1906 Is a fine ex example amplo were semicircular at one end and open at the other while the perfect elliptic cal design was the roman modification to be noted in the coliseum at rome end and the amphitheater at pom pell |