Circus of Nero

Circus of Nero
Drawing of the Circus of Nero (Pietro Santi Bartoli, 1699)
Circus of Nero is located in Rome
Circus of Nero
Circus of Nero
Shown within Augustan Rome
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Coordinates41°54′6″N 12°27′19″E / 41.90167°N 12.45528°E / 41.90167; 12.45528
TypeCircus
Circus of Nero from a map of Pirro Ligorio from 1561, with the mausoleum of Hadrian
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The so-called Circus of Nero or Circus of Caligula was a circus in ancient Rome, located mostly in the present-day Vatican City.

It was first built under Caligula.