- In the Circus Maximus, attendance was free. Anyone could attend.
- The Circus Maximus was not the only place to race chariots in the Roman Empire, but it was the biggest and best.
- The Roman Place to race chariots and horses
- Almost 250,000 people could be seated in the Circus Maximus.
Colosseum:
- The Coliseum in Rome has over 80 entrances and can accommodate about 50,000 spectators.
- 500,000 people lost their lives and over 1,000,000 animals were killed during the making of the colosseum.
- was used to events, and was also fed throughout the show
- The Ancient Romans would sometimes flood the Colosseum and have miniature ship naval battles inside as a way of entertainment.
aqueducts:
- they still stand today, even a thousand days later
- Aqueducts enable many cities in the United States to obtain water from a considerable distance.
- The flow in aqueducts is ordinarily by means of gravity, although pumps are often used.
- The great and highly advanced Roman waterway system known as the Aqueducts, are among the greatest achievements in the ancient world.
- Roman Forum:
- one of the most visited sites in the world today
- political, administrative, religious centre of ancient rome
- the roman forum shows remains from several centuries, due to roman practice of building over earlier ruins
- there were actually many forums in ancient rome however the inclusion of the senate house to the site made roman forum the most important of them all.
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