Chariot Racing

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 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