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==== Archaeological sites ==== * [[File:Veduta_panoramica_orizzonatale_dell'Anfiteatro.jpg|thumb|The ruins of the Roman amphiteatre]]Roman [[amphitheater]] (2nd century). The amphitheater was erected alongside the ancient coast line, and had two orders of porticoes with 60 arcades. It had elliptical shape, with axes of {{convert|117.7|by|88|m|ft}}. The arena measured {{convert|73|by|44|m|ft}}, not much smaller than the greatest Roman amphitheatres: the edifice could house up to 15,000 spectators. * [[File:Antico ponte romano di San Vito, Romagna (2013).jpg|thumb|[[Ponte di San Vito]], August 2013]][[Ponte di San Vito]] (in [[San Vito, Emilia-Romagna|San Vito]]). Dating to the reign of [[Roman emperor|emperor]] [[Augustus]],<ref name="barbaresi232">{{Cite journal |last=Rimondini |first=Giovanni |year=2019 |title=I ponti di San Vito tra antichità e medioevo |trans-title=The bridges of San Vito between antiquity and the medieval era |url=https://www.rotaryrimini.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Ariminum-Gennaio-Febbraio-2019.pdf |journal=Ariminum |series=January–February 2019 |language=it-IT |publisher=[[Rotary International|Rimini Rotary Club]] |pages=6–8 |access-date=30 January 2024}}</ref> only a 14th-century [[arch]] above the original Augustan stones remains of the Augustan bridge,<ref name="barbaresi2">{{Cite journal |last=Rimondini |first=Giovanni |year=2013 |title=Il ponte sul fiume Uso riapre la questione del Rubicone |trans-title=The bridge on the Uso river reopens the Rubicon question |url=https://www.rotaryrimini.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/ar_62_ariminum_low.pdf |journal=Ariminum |series=March–April 2013 |language=it-IT |publisher=[[Rotary International|Rimini Rotary Club]] |pages=6–8 |access-date=30 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Montemaggi |first=Andrea |date=18 July 2023 |title=Il ponte di San Vito |trans-title=The Bridge of San Vito |url=https://riminisparita.it/ponte-romano-san-vito/ |access-date=30 January 2024 |website=Rimini Sparita |language=it-IT}}</ref> which was likely [[Monument|monumental]], with a total length of approximately {{Convert|90|m|ft|abbr=off}},<ref>{{Cite web |last=Copioli |first=Rosita |date=20 March 2013 |title=Il dado è tratto, ecco il vero Rubicone |trans-title=The die is cast: here is the real Rubicon |url=https://www.avvenire.it/agora/pagine/dado_tratto_rubicone |access-date=30 January 2024 |website=[[Avvenire]] |language=it}}</ref> and numbering eight or more arches.<ref name="barbaresi2" /> In recent centuries, Riminese historians have claimed the bridge as the place where [[Julius Caesar]] [[Crossing the Rubicon|crossed the Rubicon]].<ref name="barbaresi2" /><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=11 June 2013 |title=Il Ponte di San Vito: è o non è il Ponte di Cesare? |trans-title=The Ponte di San Vito: is it or is it not Caesar's bridge? |url=https://www.ilponte.com/il-ponte-di-san-vito-e-o-non-e-il-ponte-di-cesare/ |access-date=30 January 2024 |website=Il Ponte |language=it-IT}}</ref> In October 2022, Rimini's municipal government incorporated the arch into a public park.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=17 October 2022 |title=Rimini, ponte di San Vito recupero archeologico e sociale |trans-title=Rimini: the Bridge of San Vito, place of archaeological and social recovery |url=https://www.corriereromagna.it/archivio/rimini-ponte-di-san-vito-recupero-archeologico-e-sociale-JUCR413758 |access-date=30 January 2024 |website=[[Corriere Romagna]] |language=it-IT}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=17 October 2022 |title=Il ponte romano di San Vito risplende in tutta la sua bellezza. "Un patrimonio di tutta la città" |trans-title=The Roman bridge of San Vito shines in all its beauty: "A heritage of the whole city" |url=https://www.riminitoday.it/cronaca/ponte-romano-san-vito-inaugurazione-patrimonio-citta.html |access-date=30 January 2024 |website=RiminiToday |language=it}}</ref>
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