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Jan Hazevoet, Amphitheatre at Lepcis Magna, 12 June 2009

This amphitheatre located in Lepcis Magna in Western Lybia could hold about 16,000 people. Dedicated to Emperor Nero, the structure was completed in…

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

Jan Hazevoet, Hippodrome at Leptis Magna, 12 June 2009

This beautifully situated circus in Lybia was constructed during the middle part of the second century CE. Built near an amphitheatre, these two…

Tags: Athletics, Circus, City, Competition, Entertainment, Hippodrome, Horse Racing, Late Antiquity, Lepcis Magna, Race Track, Racing, Roman Culture, roman empire, Spectacle, Sports, Urbanism

Patrizio Pensabene and Enrico Gallocchio, Female Athletic Competition Mosaic at Villa de Casale, 2011

This mosaic, built over an older geometric mosaic, depicts a female athletic competition. This scene reflects on the villa's owner as sponsor of these…

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Art, Byzantium, Cities, Culture, Domestic Living, Early Middle Ages, Fall of Rome, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Mosaic, roman empire, Sicily, Society, Sports, Urbanism, Villa del Casale, Women

Obelisk of Theodosius Relief, 2016

The relief on the obelisk carved into the pedestal shows the Emperor Theodosius and his sons reigning over barbarians. Once again, reinforcing the…

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

Obelisk of Theodosius, 2016

This monument was erected in the hippodrome at Constantinople in 390CE. Originally, it was made for Thutmose III (1479-1425 BCE) of Egypt, but…

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

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

Google Earth, Google Earth View of Tyre Hippodrome, Accessed 29 November 2017

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

Subterranean Passageway in Colosseum, 2014

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