Chariot Racing
![Drawing of the floorplan of the Circus Maximus](https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/spectaclesintheromanworldsourcebook/wp-content/uploads/sites/848/2019/10/Section-2-Circux-Maximus.jpg)
Plan of the Circus Maximus, the “Greatest Circus”, located in the valley between the Palatine and Aventine hills in Rome.
![Illustration of the Circus Maximus](https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/spectaclesintheromanworldsourcebook/wp-content/uploads/sites/848/2019/10/Section-2-Illustration-of-Circus-Maximus.png)
Illustration of the Circus Maximus from Illustration from Illustrerad verldshistoria utgifven Vol II, E. Wallis.
Bibliography and Further Reading
- Meijer, Fik. Chariot Racing in the Roman Empire. Baltimore: The John Hopkins University Press, 2010.
- Veyne, Paul. Le Pain et le Cirque: sociologie historique d’un pluralism politique. Paris: Seuil, 1976.
Media Attributions
- Grondplan Circus Maximus © Samuel Platner is licensed under a Public Domain license
- Illustrerad Verldshistoria band II Ill 026 © Ernst Wallis et al is licensed under a Public Domain license