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 The Circus Maximus is a park today. The building on the back is the imperial palace on the Palatine.
 Map of central Rome during the Roman Empire, with Circus Maximus at the lower right corner
 Circus Maximus viewed from the Palatine Hill
 A different aspect of Circus Maximus The Circus Maximus (Latin for greatest circus, in Italian Circo Massimo) is an ancient hippodrome and mass entertainment venue located in Rome. Circus Maximus usually refers to: Circus Maximus, an ancient arena and mass entertainment venue located in Rome. ...
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Caracalla (April 4, 186 – April 8, 217) was Roman Emperor from 211 – 217. ...
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Circus Maximus, Rome The Roman Circus, the theatre and the amphitheatre were the most important buildings in the cities for public entertainment in the Roman Empire. ...
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Situated in the valley between the Aventine and Palatine hills, the location was first utilized for public games and entertainment by the Etruscan kings of Rome. Certainly, the first games of the Ludi Romani (Roman Games) were staged at the location by Tarquinius Priscus, the fifth Etruscan ruler of Rome. Somewhat later, the Circus was the site of public games and festivals influenced by the Greeks in the 2nd century BC. Meeting the demands of the Roman citizenry for mass public entertainment on a lavish scale, Julius Caesar expanded the Circus around 50 BC, after which the track measured approximately 621 m (2,037 ft) in length, 118 m (387 ft) in breadth and could accommodate an estimated 270,000 spectators (many more, perhaps an equal number again, could view the games by standing, crowding and lining the adjoining hills). The Aventine Hill is one of the seven hills on which ancient Rome was built. ...
17th century aviaries on the hill, built by Rainaldi for Odoardo Cardinal Farnese: once wirework cages surmounted them. ...
Extent of Etruscan civilization and the twelve Etruscan League cities. ...
Ludi Romani was a religious festival in ancient Rome to the honour of Jupiter, whose temple was dedicated on 13 September 509 BC. It was held annually since 366 BC, normally from 12 to 14 September, but extended to 5 to 19 September, and eventually started at 4 September in...
Lucius Tarquinius Priscus (also called Tarquin the Elder or Tarquin I) was the legendary fifth King of Rome, said to have reigned from 616 BC to 579 BC. According to Livy, Tarquinius Priscus came from the Etruscan city of Tarquinii and was originally named Lucumo (it is now thought that...
(2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium) The 2nd century BC started on January 1, 200 BC and ended on December 31, 101 BC. // Coin of Antiochus IV. Reverse shows Apollo seated on an omphalos. ...
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In 81, the Senate built a triple arch honoring Titus by the closed East end (not to be confused with the Arch of Titus over the Via Sacra on the opposite side of the Palatinum). Centuries: 1st century BC - 1st century - 2nd century Decades: 0s BC - 0s - 10s - 20s - 30s - 40s - 50s - 60s - 70s - 80s - 90s - 100s Years: 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 Events Domitian succeeds his brother Titus Flavius as emperor of the Roman Empire. ...
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The Arch of Titus This article deals with the main arch of Titus on the Via Sacra. ...
The Via Sacra (Latin: Sacred Road) is the main street of ancient Rome, leading from the top of the Capitoline Hill, through some of the most important religious sites of the Forum (where it is the widest street), to the Colosseum. ...
The emperor Domitian connected his new palace on the Palatine to the Circus in order that he could more easily view the races. The emperor Trajan later added another 5000 seats and expanded the emperor's seating in order to increase his public visibility during the games. Titus Flavius Domitianus (24 October 51 – 18 September 96), commonly known as Domitian, was a Roman Emperor of the gens Flavia. ...
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Chariot racing was the most important event at the Circus. The track could hold twelve chariots, and the two sides of the track were separated by a raised median termed the spina. The spina was set slightly diagonally. Statues of various gods were set up on the spina, and Augustus erected an Egyptian obelisk on it as well. At either end of the spina was a turning post, the meta, around which chariots made dangerous turns at speed. On top of the spina, there were rotatable metal dolphins that were turned down to mark laps around the course. Chariot racing was an extemely dangerous sport, frequently resulting in spectacular crashes and quite possibly the death of one or more of the contestants. One end of the track extended further back than the other, to allow the chariots to line up to begin the race. Here there were starting gates, or carceres, which staggered the chariots so that each traveled the same distance to the first turn. During these chariot races, bribery of the judge in order to fix the start of the race was very common. The race went for a total distance of about 6.5 km (4 mi). A modern recreation of chariot racing in Romano-Gaul Chariot racing was one of the most popular ancient Greek and Roman sports. ...
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Very little now remains of the Circus, except for the now grass-covered racing track and the spina. Some of the starting gates remain, but most of the seating has disappeared, the materials no doubt employed for building other structures in medieval Rome.
This obelisk was removed in the 16th century by Pope Sixtus V and placed in the Piazza del Popolo. Excavation of the site began in the 19th century, followed by a partial restoration, but there are yet to be any truly comprehensive excavations conducted within its grounds. There are eight ancient Egyptian and five ancient Roman obelisks in Rome, together with a number of more modern obelisks; there was also formerly (until 2005) an ancient Ethiopian obelisk in Rome. ...
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Pope Sixtus V (December 13, 1521 – August 27, 1590), born Felice Peretti, was Pope from 1585 to 1590. ...
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The Circus Maximus retained the honour of being the first and largest circus in Rome, but it was not the only example: other Roman circuses included the Circus Flaminius (in which the Ludi Plebeii were held), the Circus of Maxentius and the Circus of Nero. The Circus Flaminius was a race-track in Ancient Rome. ...
Circus built as part of a funerary complex by the emperor Maxentius. ...
Not to be confused with the older and larger Circus Maximus. ...
The Circus still occasionally entertains the Romans; being a large, green area in the center of the city, it is often used for concerts and meetings. The Rome concert of Live 8 (July 2, 2005) was celebrated here, as was the Italian World Cup 2006 victory, when over 700,000 people packed in to celebrate. MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY On 2 July, 2005, a Live 8 concert was held at the Circus Maximus, Rome, Italy. ...
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On July 14, 2007 the British rock band Genesis concluded the European leg of their Turn It On Again tour by a free concert at Circo Maximus in front of 500,000+ fans. is the 195th day of the year (196th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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View of Colosseo from the site Recovered blueprints Current ruins The Ludus Magnus or The Great Gladiatorial Training School is the largest of the gladiatorial arenas in Rome which was built by the emperor Domitian (81-96 AD) in the valley between the Esquilino and the Celio, an area already...
Doctoral student David Koller identified fragments as depicting a section of the Circus Maximus Individual rooms and staircases can be seen 3D models of the fragments were made Severan Marble Plan, or Forma Urbis Romae is a massive marble map of third-century Rome. ...
References - This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
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