e on either side of the centralgateway, by which the festal procession (pompa circensis, v. infra,chap. VII, § 2) entered the circus ; their front formed a segment ofa circle whose centre lay somewhat to the west of the major axis 1 It stands in the piazza of the Lateran. CHAP. II AKCHITECTUKE 137… … the tribunal editoris, or box occupied by the magistrate presidingat the game, and there were flanking towers on either side, whencethe whole structure was termed oppidum. The arena was dividedlongitudinally by the spina, which was not, however, exactlyparallel to the sides of the circus, but had a…
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