roman places

Circus Maximus 

• Romulus started the chariot races there, however they were said to be distracting because no one would focus on anything else than the chariot races 
• Races took place on both sides of the Aventine and Palatine hills 
• it is thought to be found in the 6th century by Tarquinius Priscus and the fifth king of Rome 
• There were three fires that burnt the circus Maximus it burnt because it was made out of wood and wood is very flamable 
• There were also other things besides chariot races in the Circus Maximus 
• http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=genpub;idno=ACU3468.0001.001 
• http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/circusmaximus/circusmaximus.html

Today in class we tried researching about four places in Rome. These are all the notes Gab and I found on the Circus Maximus. Furthermore, we also had to cite our sources. This task was very hard and there were no legit websites that could actually be cited. We found a website that was very knowledgeable and had a lot of information, but there were sources they used that we had to then track down. For example the website we were on had a lot of books the author cited that we then would have to find the book and parts of the books so the book could be cited. In conclusion, the research is easy, but citing is very hard.