Circus Flaminius
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The Circus Flaminius was a race-track in Ancient Rome. It was near to a temple of Poseidon, a Greek mythical god of the sea. It was built by Flaminius Nepos in 221 BC. It is located in the southern part of campus Martius. Here occurred the Ludi Plebeii (Plebeian Games), and also the Ludi Saeculares. People also assembled here. The circus was abandoned toward the end of first century AD.
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It was also later used as a market. In AD9 the emperor Augustus delivered the laudatio of Drusus here.
