Spectacle nautique donné lors de l’entrée royale d’Henri II de France et de Catherine de’ Medici à Rouen, le premier octobre 1550 @credits The naumachia (in Latin naumachia, from the Ancient Greek ναυμαχία/naumachía, literally “naval combat”) in the Ancient Roman world referred to both the re-enactment of naval battles and the basin (or more broadly, the complex) in which this took place. A naumachia was performed for Henry II of France in Rouen in 1550.

Spectacle nautique donné lors de l’entrée royale d’Henri II de France et de Catherine de’ Medici à Rouen, le premier octobre 1550

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The naumachia (in Latin naumachia, from the Ancient Greek ναυμαχία/naumachía, literally “naval combat”) in the Ancient Roman world referred to both the re-enactment of naval battles and the basin (or more broadly, the complex) in which this took place.

A naumachia was performed for Henry II of France in Rouen in 1550.

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