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Circus Maximus

Circus Maximus. Sari Goldstein. Background. Between the Palatine and Aventine hills Could seat up to 250,000 people There was 3 stadiums The first 2 burnt down uses Chariot races gladiator combats. The First. 6th century BC Tarquinius Priscus (5 th king) had the track made

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Circus Maximus

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  1. Circus Maximus Sari Goldstein

  2. Background • Between the Palatine and Aventine hills • Could seat up to 250,000 people • There was 3 stadiums • The first 2 burnt down • uses • Chariot races • gladiator combats

  3. The First • 6th century BC • TarquiniusPriscus (5th king) had the track made • seven wooden eggs were placed on top of the central wall in the arena. • Burned down in 31 B.C

  4. The Second • rebuilt by emperor Augustus • added an imperial box • A large obelisk from Heliopolis was added in for decoration • A fire in 64 A.d destroyed this one. It was the same fire which destroyed most of Rome

  5. The Third (and Final) • rebuilt by Trajan in AD 103 • Biggest one of them all (2000x500ft) • Made in stone 3 stories high • First story made in marble

  6. http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/romans/games/circus3.htm

  7. http://sightseeinginrome.com/ancient-ruins/circus-maximus

  8. Biblography • http://www.roman-colosseum.info/colosseum/circus-maximus.htm • http://www.aviewoncities.com/rome/circusmaximus.htm • http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/circus.html

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