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The Circus Maximus (Latin for "largest circus"; Italian: Circo Massimo) is an ancient Roman chariot-racing stadium and mass entertainment venue in Rome, Italy.In the valley between the Aventine and Palatine hills, it was the first and largest stadium in ancient Rome and its later Empire.
Images on pottery show that chariot racing existed in thirteenth century BC Mycenaean Greece. [a] The first literary reference to a chariot race is in Homer's poetic account of the funeral games for Patroclus, in the Iliad, combining practices from the author's own time (c. 8th century) with accounts based on a legendary past.
Floorplan of Circus Maximus. This design is typical of Roman circuses. The performance space of the Roman circus was normally, despite its name, an oblong rectangle of two linear sections of race track, separated by a median strip running along the length of about two thirds the track, joined at one end with a semicircular section and at the other end with an undivided section of track closed ...
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However, Roman customs were influenced by the Greeks in a direct way, especially after they conquered mainland Greece in 146 BC. According to one Roman legend Romulus used the stratagem of organizing a chariot race shortly after the founding of Rome to distract the Sabines. While the Sabines were enjoying the spectacle Romulus and his men ...
Although it is possibly an example of Duodecim Scripta, it may also represent an otherwise unknown Roman or Celtic board game. The gravesite in Colchester is not alone amongst Romano-British artifacts; other excavations in Britain have revealed board games implying that Roman games spread throughout the region concurrent to Romanization. In one ...
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As in other times, the games were used to allay the public’s fears and distract them from Hannibal’s invasion. [6] The games were held in the Circus Maximus, with equestrian games as well as stage performances, including praetextae, a category of Roman drama. [7] Ennius (239–169 BC) had Thyestes performed as part of this festival in 169 BC.