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Unknown Era · Amphitheater41.8878°N, 12.5194°E

Circus Varianus

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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