The Circus Maximus could seat 60,000 people and later enlarged it to almost 200,000.
Chariot races were held at a circus. In Rome the main Chariot Racing circus was the Circus Maximus, which, after the enlargement by Julius Caesar, could hold 250,000 people.Chariot races were held at a circus. In Rome the main chariot racing circus was the Circus Maximus, which, after the enlargement by Julius Caesar, could hold 250,000 people.Chariot races were held at a circus. In Rome the main chariot racing circus was the Circus Maximus, which, after the enlargement by Julius Caesar, could hold 250,000 people.Chariot races were held at a circus. In Rome the main chariot racing circus was the Circus Maximus, which, after the enlargement by Julius Caesar, could hold 250,000 people.Chariot races were held at a circus. In Rome the main chariot racing circus was the Circus Maximus, which, after the enlargement by Julius Caesar, could hold 250,000 people.Chariot races were held at a circus. In Rome the main chariot racing circus was the Circus Maximus, which, after the enlargement by Julius Caesar, could hold 250,000 people.Chariot races were held at a circus. In Rome the main chariot racing circus was the Circus Maximus, which, after the enlargement by Julius Caesar, could hold 250,000 people.Chariot races were held at a circus. In Rome the main chariot racing circus was the Circus Maximus, which, after the enlargement by Julius Caesar, could hold 250,000 people.Chariot races were held at a circus. In Rome the main chariot racing circus was the Circus Maximus, which, after the enlargement by Julius Caesar, could hold 250,000 people.
Over 250,00 people could fit in the Circus Maxuimes.
Over 250,00 people could fit in the Circus Maxuimes.
Roman spectators watched chariot races in a circus. Circus in Roman times meant racecourse, it did not have the same meaning as today's word, circus. In the city of Rome itself, the Ciurcus Maximus was the main racecourse.
The Circus Maximus was Rome's main race track. You would see horse races and chariot races. Circus was the Latin word for race track.
In Rome it was called the Circus Maximus; on an oval track about the size of a 100 yard football field. In Greece it was the Hippodrome.Chariot races were held in a long narrow stadium known as a "hippodrome" in the Greek world and a "circus" in the Roman world.If you use Google Earth to look at the ruins of Tyre in the Lebanon, or south-east of Haghia Sophia in Istanbul, or by the forum in Rome, you will see the typical shape of a hippodrome (Hippo is the root for horse, ie hippopotamus= water horse)
The Romans only called their race course the Circus Maximus. They called it that because it was the largest. Only races were held at a circus, while in amphitheatres, mixed entertainment could be held.
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They sold nothing in the Circus Maximus, but around it. There were arcades and wooden stalls surrounding t. Everything from fast food to prostitution could be bought there. The outside could be likened to our present day shopping malls.
The Circus Maximus was Rome's biggest race track. The Romans loved horse races and chariot races. Pliny the Elder said it could accommodate 250,000 people. Modern estimates give a figure of 150,000.