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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.
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16 mag 2018 · The Circus Maximus, located in the valley between the Palatine and Aventine hills, is the oldest and largest public space in Rome and legend says that the Circus was originally laid out in the 6th century BCE by the first Roman kings, although, it first took on its distinctive shape under Julius Caesar.
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See the largest arena of Ancient Rome at the Circus Maximus. Imagine 250,000 people roaring as chariots tear around a circuit vying for victory; 2,000 years ago, this was reality at the Circus Maximus, the largest of all the arenas built in Ancient Rome.
Circo Massimo. Il Circo Massimo è il più grande edificio per lo spettacolo dell’antichità e uno dei più grandi di tutti i tempi (600 m di lunghezza per 140 m di larghezza) ed è collegato dalla leggenda alle origini stesse della città: qui, infatti, ebbe luogo il ratto delle Sabine.
Circus Maximus, largest of the Roman hippodromes and one of the largest sports arenas ever built. A U-shaped structure with seats on three sides and a low wall running down the middle of the arena around which the chariots raced, it was rebuilt in the time of Julius Caesar (1st century bc) to seat.
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Circus Maximus. The Circus Maximus is the largest building for public entertainment in antiquity and one of the largest of all time (600 metres long by 140 metres wide) and is related by a legend to the very origins of the city: the Rape of the Sabine Women took place here.
The Circus Maximus in Rome (Circo Massimo), located between the Aventino and Palatine Hills, was an extended precinct with space for 300,000 spectators. The arena, which measured 600 meters in length and 225 meters in width, made the Circus Maximus the largest in Rome, ahead of the Circus of Flaminius and the Circus of Maxentius.
