Circus Maximus
You’re in the valley between the Aventine and Palatine hills, at Circo Massimo—the “largest circus” in Latin, one of Rome’s earliest and biggest mass-entertainment stages. This site started as a chariot-racing venue and grew into the model for circuses across the Roman Empire. In its fully developed form, it stretched 621 meters (2,037 ft) long and 118 meters (387 ft) wide, with room for over 150,000 spectators. The main action was ludi—public games tied to Roman religious festivals. They were sponsored either by leading Romans or the state, for the benefit of the people (populus Romanus) and the gods, and they could run from a single day to multi-day celebrations with parades, races, athletics, even beast-hunts and gladiator fighting. During the Republic, aediles organized the games, using the extravagance of these events to build political reputations. …
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