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Circus Varianus

a Pleiades place resource

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A circus that was part of the Sessorium palace next to the Amphitheatrum Castrense. The obelisk currently situated on the Pincian Hill was discovered on the site in the sixteenth century. It had been moved to the spina of the circus during the reign of Elagabalus.

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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/70865871

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
41.8878, 12.5194

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Representative Locations:
- Imagery location of Circus Varianus (30 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 2000 meters.

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Geographic Names:
- Circus Varianus (Latin, modern)

Circus Varianus makes connections with:

Circus Varianus part of (analytical) Regio V (Esquiliae) (unspecified date range)
Circus Varianus located at Roma (unspecified date range)

Circus Varianus receives connections from:

None

Place type:
circus

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Wikidata Q1092998: Circus Varianus

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Circus Varianus: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/70865871> [accessed: 18 April 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/70865871 |title=Places: 70865871 (Circus Varianus) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=April 18, 2024 11:58 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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