amphitheatre

At length a day came, when the beasts were to be brought forth to be seen; and Thecla was brought to the amphitheatre, and put into a den in which was an exceeding fierce she-lion, in the presence of a multitude of spectators.

Upon this there was a great noise in the amphitheatre; the beasts roared, and the people cried out, Bring in the criminal.