what took place at circus maxima in ancient rome??
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Chariot races, gladiator competitions.  Fed Christians to lions for entertainment.  I'd like to set up a similar situation and require violent criminals to participate.  What do you think?
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This site has an interactive map that should prove very useful to you http://intranet.dalton.org/groups/Rome/RMap.html\n\nThis site give information regarding Roman Rulers and their families as well as maps of the empire during different time periods http://www.roman-emperors.org/startup.htm\n\nI hope these are helpful!!!
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Rome fought Carthage over who gets to control (own) all of Sicily. Rome wins of course and Hannibal pulls an end around and invades from the north, of all things, threatening Rome itself. Roman General Scipio goes across the sea and counter by attacking Carthage. Hannibal hears the news that his capital city is under siege ad returns home. Scipio wins at Zama near Carthage,  and Rome takes over Carthage, and the huge Roman Empire had basically started.
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Ancient Romans celebrated a holiday known as Floralia as their spring celebration. This eventually involved into May Day, a time for fertility and renewal. Fertility was very important for people, livestock and crops, and so fertility celebrations tend to be the most important celebrations in the ancient world and this was the most active of the Fertility holidays in Europe. People danced around a May-pole (a symbol of masculine fertility) wrapping it with ribbons (symbolizing the poles entrance into the female fertility symbol). It was also a very popular night for maidens to lose their virginity. Today Pagans still celebrate the holiday, calling it Beltane\n\nIt is also International Workers day, commemorating a labor riot in Chicago
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Wikipedia is awesome.\n\n"In the 1st century, Zealots conducted a fierce and unrelenting terror campaign against the Roman occupiers of the eastern Mediterranean. The Zealots enlisted sicarii to strike down rich Jewish collaborators and others who were friendly to the Romans."
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The first time two guys on horseback got into a discussion of whose horse was fastest, there was a horse race.  Bet on it.\n\nIt's known that horses were raced (both chariot and under saddle) in ancient Greece in the Olympics, and the Greek author Homer wrote about chariot racing as part of the funeral games in The Illiad. So we're back to around 1600 BC or so.  There is evidence that the Egyptians may have had chariot races earlier than this.\n\nRiding races depended on having horses that were big enough and strong enough to carry a rider, which was probably not until around 2000 BC.
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This link might help: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_legion
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Tis where Rome was... ya see, that's where the early church started out and the capital of the roman empire (which twas in charge) also the book of Romans was written to Christians in Rome... so there ya go, very important I'd say one of the top 3 citites, Jeusalem, Antioch, Rome
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Which one, Los Angeles or Rome???
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Straight from the HBO Site\n09.12.2005 | HBO renews the epic drama series Rome\n\nHBO has renewed its epic drama series ROME for a second season, it was announced today by Carolyn Strauss, president, HBO Entertainment. Production of the 12-episode second season will begin next March, with the debut set for 2007.\n\n"Although the first season of ROME is just underway, we're affirming our support for this exciting and ambitious series by preparing for a second season now," noted Strauss. "I'm delighted that critics and subscribers share our enthusiasm for the show."\n\nThe initial episodes of ROME have inspired legions of critical praise. TV Guide hailed it as a "feast for the eyes" and a "ripping good story," as well as a "shamelessly enjoyable historical romp." USA Today called ROME "as extravagant, enticing and chaotic as Rome itself," adding, "you may never want to leave." The Washington Post described the series as "ravishing and wickedly shocking," and "a feast for the senses that includes generous portions of food for thought."
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What happens in Rome, stays in Rome.♥
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This One. The renaissance and Roman times were cool, but not for everybody.\n\nPlus, they had no Playstation or DVDs!\n\nIn other time periods only the wealthy and powerful could do fun stuff. Today, a nobody like me can have lots of fun doing stuff those hoity toity Roman emperors could never dream of-- like answer really important questions over the internets!
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Nero is said to have done this. He was barking mad, of course.\n\nOn the night of July 19, 64 A.D., a fire broke out among the shops lining the Circus Maximus, Rome's mammoth chariot stadium. In a city of two million, there was nothing unusual about such a fire -- the sweltering summer heat kindled conflagrations around Rome on a regular basis, particularly in the slums that covered much of the city. Knowing this, Nero himself was miles away in the cooler coastal resort of Antium. Yet this was no ordinary fire. The flames raged for six days before coming under control; then the fire reignited and burned for another three. When the smoke cleared, 10 of Rome's 14 districts were in ruin. The 800-year-old Temple of Jupiter Stator and the Atrium Vestae, the hearth of the Vestal Virgins, were gone. Two thirds of Rome had been destroyed.\n\nHistory has blamed Nero for the disaster, implying that he started the fire so that he could bypass the senate and rebuild Rome to his liking. Much of what is known about the great fire of Rome comes from the aristocrat and historian Tacitus, who claimed that Nero watched Rome burn while merrily playing his fiddle. Gangs of thugs prevented citizens from fighting the fire with threats of torture, Tacitus wrote. There is some support for the theory that Nero leveled the city on purpose: the Domus Aurea, Nero's majestic series of villas and pavilions set upon a landscaped park and a man-made lake, was built in the wake of the fire.
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check out this site it might help\n\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodeo
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A pool in roman style (a building style the Romans used). Look for pictures in the link below :)
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http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/syws/circus/circus4.html