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Podcast Episode 73: The Circus Maximus

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Welcome back to Accessible Art History: The Podcast! In this episode, I am covering one of the biggest sports arenas of all time: The Circus Maximus!


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Thank you to listener Laura for sponsoring this episode!

 

The Circus Maximus today

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A model showing the Circus Maximus as it would have looked during the 4th century CE

Paul Bigot CC 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons









The Obelisk Flaminio, now in the Piazza del Popolo

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A coin from Trajan's reign showing the newly restored Circus Maximus

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Sources


SPQR by Mary Beard (affiliate link)








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