Chariot race in a Roman stadium: Less violent than the gladiators, ... Chariot races took place in the Circus Maximus, a huge, oval shaped stadium that could seat nearly 200,000 spectators.

The Circus Maximus, the ancient Roman stadium, serves as a makeshift hostel for thousands of pilgrims who arrived to pay last respects to Pope John Paul II. Huge video screens set up there and ...

F ollowing the completion of excavation works on a Roman-era stadium in Bolu, Turkey, the site was prepared for tourism with ...

Stadium construction moved from Italy and Greece to England, where Lord’s Cricket Ground in London started taking shape in 1787. By 1812, Lord’s had found a new location and started creating ...

Surly Roman stonemasons spent the week in "dressing" with colossal fig leaves 70 nude statues of young men, ... To open the stadium on Italy’s Armistice Day last week, ...

Archaeologists discovered a 2,000-year-old ancient Roman building, ... Stone slabs, well-preserved closer to the center and crumbling toward the top, formed the stadium-like structure.

Chariot race in a Roman stadium: Less violent than the gladiators, ... Chariot races took place in the Circus Maximus, a huge, oval shaped stadium that could seat nearly 200,000 spectators.