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 =  Circus Maximus        =     __ Links __ Home      roads        circus maximus         slavery   Roman Solider    Aqueducts Nero         <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console', Monaco, monospace;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console', Monaco, monospace;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">        <span style="font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console', Monaco, monospace;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;"> Circus Maximus was one of the biggest entertainments in Ancient Rome. Circus Maximus is a race track where citizens race chariots and horses. It was built in 6 BCE, about 2,500 years ago. Originally the race track was built of wood but then it burnt down a couple of times. During the Roman Empire, Circus Maximus was rebuilt with marble and concrete instead of wood. The race track could seat over 300,000 people. In the middle of the track there was a temple with seven dolphins and seven large eggs. To know how many laps were completed, they would remove one egg and one dolphin. Back then it was very unusual for women to attend the races. If women did attend they would sit with the men and not participate. There would be races everyday and free admission. Our modern day Circus Maximus is track. Today many people run around a track just like Circus Maximus. We have many race tracks in the world that can seat a lot of people. The only thing that we changed is that today we don’t use dolphins and eggs to tell which lap the racers were on.