Ancient Rome

Roman Sports Edifices and Centers

Roman Sports Buildings. CIRCUS MAXIMUS, CIRCUS FLAMINIUS, THEATER OF POMPEY, THEATER OF MARCELLUS, COLOSSEUM, STADIUM OF DOMITIAN, BATHS OF CARACALLA, BATHS OF DIOCLETIAN, CIRCUS OF GAIUS AND NERO, NAUMACHIA AUGUSTI...

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LacusCurtius - The Roman Circus

(Smith's Dictionary, 1875). CIRCUS (ἱπποδρόμος) a place for chariot-races and horse-races, and in which the Roman races (Circenses Ludi) took place. When Tarquinius Priscus had taken the town of Apiolae from the Latins, as related in the early Roman legends, he commemorated his success by an exhibition of races and pugilistic contests in the Murcia...

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The arena was used for both naval and gladiatorial battles

Like chariot racing, contests of gladiators probably originated as funeral games; these contests were much less ancient than races, however. The first recorded gladiatorial combat in Rome occurred when three pairs of gladiators fought to the death during the funeral of Junius Brutus in 264 BCE, though others may have been held earlier. Gladiatorial...

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Roman Month Divisions

Describes the early Roman method of dividing months into sections that ended with days named Calends, Nones and Ides....

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Pompey`s War

Wars between the Jews and Romans: the subjugation of Judaea (63 BC)...

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Early Church Fathers

Christian Classics Ethereal Library at Calvin College....

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