Classical Studies 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Nonnus, Apollonius Of Rhodes, Ausonius
6 Aug 2016
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Was far more popular than gladiatorial events. An enclosed building that had a race track. 600 metres long and 150 metres wide with an arena area of 550 m by 80 m and was 80 m high. Seated four times more people than the colosseum, roughly 150 000. People would also stand nearby to watch and people could watch from the emperor"s place. Spine down the middle to separate the sides. Whenever dolphins or eggs (to mark the laps) are shown in a picture than it was the circus. The chariots would parade around: would be four horses side by side pulling the chariot. Businesses started to rent out horses and charioteers. Lecture: would only rent out a portion of the things needed for the races. Started to create teams: four teams to a faction. Could only have chariot races that were multiples of four: the four factions began to dominate the chariot racing the rome.
