The place for the circus, which is now called Maximus, was then first marked out, and spaces were parted off for the senators and knights, where they might each erect seats for themselves: they were called fori (benches).
They viewed the games from scaffolding which supported seats twelve feet high from the ground.

The show took place; horses and boxers were sent for, chiefly from Etruria.

These solemn games afterwards continued annual, being variously called the Roman and Great (games).

By the same king also spaces round the forum were portioned off for private individuals to build on; porticoes and shops were erected.
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He was also preparing to surround the city with a stone wall, when a Sabine war obstructed his designs.