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ROME: Circus Varianus found to be larger ....
#1
...than Circus Maximus they say here:
http://www.kathpress.co.at/site/nachrich...63599.html
According to that, Mariarosaria Barbera, head of the Rome Antiquities Authority , excavations near the church of Santa Croce die Gerusaleme have confirmed that the Circus Varianus beat the Circus Maximus by at least 9 metres in length. ( ~630 metres that is !)
The Circus Varianus , sited in the south-western corner of the Aurelian Walls, which cut it in into 20/80 (20 % intra mura/80% extra mura), was founded by Caracalla but
finished by Heliogabalus (aka Varius Avitus Bassianus) as a part of the Sessorium Palace complex.

Greez

Simplex
(Officer, -- you have insulted the Emperor, pick up yer kit and do 100 "round the Circus" ! :| )
Siggi K.
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#2
I'd never heard of the place! Rome is full of surprises... :-)

This site has a nice sketch plan of the Circus, superimposed on a satellite image of modern Rome:

Circus Varianus
Nathan Ross
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