Circus Gaii et Neronis
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Jun 17, 2025 12:56 PM
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History
Circus Gaii et Neronis was originally built as a private racecourse for the emperor Caius. In the fourth century A.D., the north side of the circus was destroyed in order to make room for the first basilica of St. Peter.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/395487201
41.9016831, 12.4540108
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Circus Gai et Neronis (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Circus Gaii et Neronis (Latin, unspecified date range)
- Circus Vaticanum (Latin, unspecified date range)
- Circus of Nero (English, modern)
- Circus Gaii et Neronis part of (analytical) Regio XIV (Transtiberim) (unspecified date range)
- Circus Gaii et Neronis located at Roma (unspecified date range)
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Jeffrey Becker, 'Circus Gaii et Neronis: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/395487201> [accessed: 24 June 2025]
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