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| Picture No | 11076964 |
| Date | 1925 |
| Description | Circus Maximus in Rome by Matania |
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Proposed reconstruction of the Circus Maximus in Rome - the Circus at its zenith. A fight with wild beasts in the long arena of the Circus Maximus - a mounted archer meets an oncoming lion. By the fourth century, no less than 480,000 people could witness the displays of wild beasts in the arena or one of the chariot races with quadrigas. The last official assembly for the games with the circus walls took place under Totila the Ostrogoth in 549.
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| Source | Illustration by Fortunino Matania in The Sphere, 4 April 1925 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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