In ancient Roman architecture, a walkway or passage that runs between the rows of seats in an amphitheater, dividing them into horizontal sections.
From Greek 'diazoma' meaning 'divided across,' from 'dia-' (across) + 'zoma' (girdle or belt). The term describes how these passages girdle the seating sections.
Ancient Roman engineers designed diazomai (plural) so crowds of thousands could evacuate the Colosseum in minutes—they understood crowd management and architecture centuries before modern safety codes.
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