Circus Flaminius

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Circus Flaminius, fantasy picture by Pietro Sante Bartoli , 1699.

The Circus Flaminius was a square and racecourse on the southern Martian field in ancient Rome .

He was 222–220 BC. Built by the censor Gaius Flaminius and named after him - just like the Via Flaminia , which was created at the same time . It was located near the Marcellus Theater , between the Tiber Island and the Capitol Hill. It is documented that the circus was not a solidly designed venue, but a rectangular open space along the Tiber . Therefore, the meeting place had the quality of a local center and an area designation. For a long time it was assumed that the arched structures of the Balbus theater could be identified with the Circus Flaminius, until Gatticould convincingly refute this in 1960. The area was later architecturally defined by the porticoes and victory stamps along the outside, evidenced by fragments of the FUR for the surrounding buildings.

It was the venue for the plebeian games ( ludi plebeii ). In one of these, Emperor Augustus had 36 crocodiles killed. After the circus was destroyed in a fire, it was rebuilt so that games were held again just six months later. It was still in use until the 4th century. The main temple of Neptune was also located here. Today nothing can be seen of the circus, although traces of the shape can be found in the new buildings.

literature

  • Jon Albers: Campus Martius. The urban development of the Field of Mars from the Republic to the Middle Imperial Period . Reichert, Wiesbaden 2013, ISBN 978-3-89500-921-1 , pp. 62-77.
  • Frank Bernstein: Ludi publici . Studies on the origin and development of the public games in republican Rome. Franz Steiner Verlag Stuttgart, 1998, p. 158 f.
  • Filippo Coarelli : Rome. An archaeological guide. Zabern, Mainz 2000, ISBN 3-8053-2685-8 .
  • Giuseppe Gatti : Dove erano situati il ​​Teatro di Balbo e il Circo Flaminio? In: Capitolium. Volume 15, Issue 7, 1960, pp. 3–12 ( PDF ).

Web links

Commons : Circus Flaminius  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Cassius Dio 55.2 ; Cicero : Epistulae ad Atticum , 1.14
  2. ^ A b Frank Bernstein: Ludi publici . Studies on the origin and development of the public games in republican Rome. Franz Steiner Verlag Stuttgart, 1998, pp. 158-161.
  3. ^ Jon Albers: Campus Martius. The urban development of the Field of Mars from the Republic to the Middle Imperial Period . Reichert, Wiesbaden 2013, ISBN 978-3-89500-921-1 , pp. 62-77
  4. ^ Giuseppe Gatti : Dove erano situati il ​​Teatro di Balbo e il Circo Flaminio? In: Capitolium. Volume 15, Issue 7, 1960, pp. 3–12 ( PDF ( Memento of the original from April 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and remove then this note. ). @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.archiviocapitolinorisorsedigitali.it

Coordinates: 41 ° 53 ′ 33.9 "  N , 12 ° 28 ′ 38.7"  E