Chariot Racing

Drawing of the floorplan of the Circus Maximus
Floorplan of the Circus Maximus. Made by Samual Platner in 1911. Image from VRoma Archive.

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
Illustration from “Illustrerad verldshistoria utgifven av E. Wallis, Volume II”: Circus Maximus.

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.

 

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