A day in ancient Rome; being a revision of Lohr's "Aus dem alten Rom", with numerous illustrations, by Edgar SShumway .. . VESPASIAN. 70 THE CIRCUS U THE CIRCUS. 71 have been first instituted by Tarquinius Priscus, after his conquestof the Latin town of Apiolce. It was a vast oblong, ending in asemi-circle, and surrounded by three rows of seats, termed col-lectively cavea. In the centre of the area was the low wall calledthe spina, at each end of which were the metae, or goals. Betweenthe metae were columns supporting the ova, egg-shaped balls, anddelphlnae, or dolphins, each seven i
A day in ancient Rome; being a revision of Lohr's "Aus dem alten Rom", with numerous illustrations, by Edgar SShumway .. . VESPASIAN. 70 THE CIRCUS U THE CIRCUS. 71 have been first instituted by Tarquinius Priscus, after his conquestof the Latin town of Apiolce. It was a vast oblong, ending in asemi-circle, and surrounded by three rows of seats, termed col-lectively cavea. In the centre of the area was the low wall calledthe spina, at each end of which were the metae, or goals. Betweenthe metae were columns supporting the ova, egg-shaped balls, anddelphlnae, or dolphins, each seven in number, one of which wasput up for each circuit made in the race. At the extremity of thecircus were the stalls for the horses and chariots called one time this circus was capable of containing 385,000persons. It must have had a peculiar charm for a Roman towatch, in eager suspense, the different parties adorned with theirrespective colors, and to be able to follow the green, blue, red, andwhite charioteers in their headlong course. For this reason Septimius Severus built himself, on this side ofthe palace, a spacious lodge, from which h
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