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Circus (building)

large open-air venue used for chariot races and other events in the ancient Roman Empire, sometimes inclusive of open fields and large plazas

Found all over the Roman Empire, a circus is a building for public entertainment, including chariot racing.

France

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Arles

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    Obelisk, used to stand on the spina in the circus of Arelate

Germany

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Trier

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Italy

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Circus of Maxentius, Rome

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    Remains of the Circus of Maxentius
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    Tower of the carcerres

Circus Maximus, Rome

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    Former race track
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    Circus Maximus and the Palatine hill
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    Romans watch the World Cup final 2006 in Circus Maximus
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    Remains of the south curve
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    Remains of the south curve
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    Remains
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    Floorplan of the Circus Maximus

Circus of Nero, Rome

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    Obelisk, used to stand on the spina in the circus of Nero
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    Nero with an executed Christian woman in his circus
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    Plan of Circus Neronis and St. Peters

Israel

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Caesarea

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    Hippodrome of Caesarea

Jordania

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Jerash

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Libanon

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Tyre

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    Hippodrome of Tyre
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Spain

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Mérida

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    The Circus Maximus of Mérida

Turkey

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Hippodrome of Constantinople, Istanbul

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    Obelisks of the Spina
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    Obelisk of Tuthmosis III
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    Base of the Obelisk of Tuthmosis III
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    Plan of the historical center, with the Hippodrome

Miscellaneous

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    Chariot racing in a Roman circus
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    Mosaic depicting a chariot race
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    Reconstruction of the Circus Flaminius in Rome
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    Sestertius of Caracalla, with the Circus Maximus on the backside

See also

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