A day in ancient Rome; being a revision of Lohr's "Aus dem alten Rom", with numerous illustrations, by Edgar SShumway .. . EATRE. 69 afforded to Titus an opportunity for a display of magnificencehitherto unrivalled. A battle of cranes with dwarfs representingthe pigmies was a fanciful novelty, and might afford diversion fora moment; therewere combats ofgladiators, amongwhomwomen wereincluded, thoughno noble matronwas allowed tomingle in the fray;and the capacityof the vast edificewas tested by theslaughter of fivethousand animalsin its circuit. Theshow was crownedwith the immis-sion of water i
A day in ancient Rome; being a revision of Lohr's "Aus dem alten Rom", with numerous illustrations, by Edgar SShumway .. . EATRE. 69 afforded to Titus an opportunity for a display of magnificencehitherto unrivalled. A battle of cranes with dwarfs representingthe pigmies was a fanciful novelty, and might afford diversion fora moment; therewere combats ofgladiators, amongwhomwomen wereincluded, thoughno noble matronwas allowed tomingle in the fray;and the capacityof the vast edificewas tested by theslaughter of fivethousand animalsin its circuit. Theshow was crownedwith the immis-sion of water intothe arena, andwith a sea-fightrepresenting thecontests of the Cor-inthians and Cor-cyreans, relatedby the gamesand shows there was still more to be seen from this height. Then,even early in the morning, the people swayed hither and thither inthe long rows of seats in the Circus Mdxiinus, which lay betweenthe Palatine and Aventine, in order to secure the best seats; andin the boarding-houses and inns there were lively scenes. Thecircus was intended for chariot-races and horse-races, and is said to. VESPASIAN. 70 THE CIRCUS MAXIMUS.
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