WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Circus Maximus was the oldest and largest circus in Rome: it could seat 250, 000 people and another 250, 000 could watch events there from the surrounding hills – which meant that even when Rome was at its biggest, around about a 1/3 of its population could conceivably view events in it.

Detailed explanation-2: -Chariot races were held in a specially built arena, or hippodrome, with posts marking the turning points. As many as 10 chariots raced at a time, each pulled by two-or four-horse teams.

Detailed explanation-3: -There usually were ten or twelve races a day, until Caligula doubled that number and, from the end of his reign, twenty-four races became typical (Dio, LX. 23.5; 27.2). (The number of festivals in which racing occurred also increased, with Circus games instituted in honor of Caligula’s mother and sister, and Tiberius.)