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Circus Flaminius

Circus Flaminius: theatre or arena of the ancient world (Lazio, Italy).

Theatre or arenaKind
Hellenistic periodFirst recorded · 330 BC – 30 BC
Roman periodLast recorded · 30 BC – AD 300
RomeNearest town · 2.7 km

On the map

Position: 41.8925, 12.4786

Through the eras

Before 750 BC
Archaic period750 BC – 550 BC
Classical period550 BC – 330 BC
Hellenistic period330 BC – 30 BC✓
Roman period30 BC – AD 300✓
Late AntiquityAD 300 – AD 640
Middle AgesAD 640 – AD 1453

About the site

Located in the southern Campus Martius, the Circus Flaminius is a large area built by C. Flaminius Nepos in 221 B.C. Various games, including the ludi plebeii, ludi Taurii, ludi saeculares, were celebrated here. The circus was also a place of popular assembly.

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