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What games do the circus maximus hold?
Circus was the Latin for racer track. The circus Maximus was the biggest race track in ancient Rome. It hosted horse races and chariot races.
What was the circus Maximus use for?
The Circus Maximus was originally used to have chariot races, but eventually started having slaughter games.
What was the circus used for?
The Circus Maximus was originally used to have chariot races, but eventually started having slaughter games.
What was a Roman theater called?
A theatrum was used for plays etc.An amphitheatre was used to stage gladiatorial contests.A circus was used for chariot racing.
What did Romans do in their free time'?
Roman gladiators had no spare time. When they did they rested.
Can you suggest a name for an antique business beginning with circa?
1. "Circa Maximus." Circus Maximus was the name of the gladiator games held in the Roman coliseum.2. "Circa of Life" A play on the song title "Circle of Life"
Were did Chariot races and gladiatorial games performed at?
The gladitorial contests were performed in an anphitheater or "arena" as the Romans called it. The Colosseum was the main one in Rome. The chariot races were perormed in a "circus" which can loosly be translated as a ring or a lap. Rome had two, the Circus Maximus and the Circus Flaminius.
Where did chariot racing take place in Ancient Rome?
Ancient Roman chariot races took place in a circus. Circus in Roman terms meant a ring or an oval course for running races. The largest was the Circus Maximus, which some say could hold 100,000 people. There were also the Circus Flaminius and the Circus Maritimus.
What event would a senator sponsor if he wanted to become more popular in rome?
Games. Either gladiator and wild beast-games (after its establishment, mostly in the Coliseum) and/or chariot races in the Circus Maximus.
Was there more than one Circus Maximus?
Circus Maximus was the name of the Chariot racing track in the city of Rome. There were other chariot racing tracks in Romans towns around the Roman Empire, but they had different names. In Rome there was also the circus Flaminius, but it was a track of horse-riding races in the Taurian Games, which were held in honour of the gods of the underworld. It was not long enough for chariot races, it had no seating. And it was also used to host a market.
What types of entertainment were held in the Circus Maximus and the Colosseum?
The Circus Maximus was used for chariot racing and some religious ceremonies and pageants were performed there. The Colosseum was for any other type of entertainment, gladiatrorial fights, public executions, animal hunts, etc.
When was the circus maximus build?
Livy said that under Rome's 5th king, Tarquinius Priscus (616-579 BC): ".... for the first time a space was marked for what is now the "Circus Maximus." Spots were allotted to the patricians and knights where they could each build for themselves stands - called "ford" - from which to view the Games. These stands were raised on wooden props, branching out at the top, twelve feet high.
