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DuiMDog, Circus in Gerasa, Jordan, 13 October 2007

Tags: Athletics, Chariot, Circus, City, Competition, Culture, Entertainment, Hippodrome, Horse Racing, Jordan, Race Track, Racing, Roman Culture, roman empire, Spectacle, Sports, Urbanism

Peripitus, Circus in Tyre, Lebanon, 2009

This circus, or hippodrome, in Tyre, Lebanon was built in the late second to early third century CE. It represents one of the best preserved examples…

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Athletics, Byzantium, Circus, Cities, City, Competition, Culture, Early Middle Ages, Entertainment, Fall of Rome, Hippodrome, Horse Racing, late antique, Late Antiquity, Lebanon, Medieval, Near East, Race Track, Racing, Roman Culture, roman empire, Spectacle, Sports, Track, Tyre, Urbanism

B. Fletcher, Circus Maximus Drawing, 2013

The Circus Maximus provided the model for the majority of Roman circuses. Despite this prestige little of the structure remains today, but this…

Tags: Ancient Rome, Athletics, Circus, Circus Maximus, Cities, City, Competition, Drawing, Entertainment, Fall of Rome, Hippodrome, Horse Racing, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Race Track, Racing, Recreation, Roman Culture, roman empire, Rome, Spectacle, Sports, Urbanism

Dguendel, Circus Maximus in Rome, Present Day, 2015

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Athletics, Byzantium, Circus, Circus Maximus, Cities, City, Competition, Culture, Early Middle Ages, Entertainment, Fall of Rome, Hippodrome, Horse Racing, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Race Track, Racing, Roman Culture, roman empire, Rome, Spectacle, Sports, Urbanism

Marie-Lan Nguyen, Circus Race Marble Relief, 2009

Tags: Animal, Art, Athletics, Chariot, Circus, City, Competition, Decoration, Entertainment, Hippodrome, Horse, Horse Racing, Late Antiquity, Marble, People, Race Track, Racing, Relief, Roman Culture, roman empire, Spectacle, Sports, Stone, Urbanism

...trialsanderros, Colosseum 19th Century, 1890-1900

Tags: amphitheatre, Arena, Athletics, City, Colosseum, Competition, Culture, Entertainment, Entertainment Space, Flavian, Late Antiquity, Roman City, Roman Culture, roman empire, Roman Icon, Roman Monument, Rome, Spectacle, Spectator, Sports, Stadium, Urbanism

Colosseum in Rome, 2014

Constructed by Emperor Vespasian on the previous site of the Emperor Nero's private lake, the Flavian Amphitheater, or Colosseum could seat 45-55,000…

Tags: amphitheatre, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Arches, Arena, Athletics, Byzantium, Cities, City, Colosseum, Competition, Culture, Early Middle Ages, Entertainment, Entertainment Space, Exterior, Fall of Rome, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Monuments, Roman City, Roman Culture, roman empire, Rome, Spectacle, Spectator, Sports, Stadium, Urbanism

Colosseum Interior, 2014

Passageways and chambers existed below the Colosseum's arena floor. Here both gladiators and animals waited, ready to fight.

Tags: amphitheatre, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Arches, Arena, Athletics, Byzantium, Cities, City, Colosseum, Competition, Culture, Early Middle Ages, Entertainment, Entertainment Space, Fall of Rome, Interior, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Monuments, Passageways, Roman City, Roman Culture, roman empire, Rome, Spectacle, Spectator, Sports, Stadium, Urbanism

Colosseum Interior 2, 2014

Tags: amphitheatre, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Arches, Arena, Athletics, Byzantium, Cities, City, Colosseum, Competition, Culture, Early Middle Ages, Entertainment, Entertainment Space, Fall of Rome, Interior, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Monuments, Roman City, Roman Culture, roman empire, Rome, Spectacle, Spectator, Sports, Stadium, Urbanism

Carole Raddato, Curved Stadium at Aphrodisias, 5 April 2015

In western Turkey, the stadium at Aphrodisias was built during the later first century CE. Its unique curved shape allowed the space to accommodate…

Tags: amphitheatre, Aphrodisias, Arena, Athletics, City, Competition, Culture, Entertainment, Entertainment Space, Late Antiquity, Roman City, Roman Culture, roman empire, Spectacle, Spectator, Sports, Stadium, Urbanism