I never knew what the Circus Maximus was until now, before I thought it was a book or something. I've always seen chariot races on T.V. but never actually read about any of it so I learned a lot. The fact they did beast fights there too is pretty amazing, I would have loved to seen all the events it had to offer! 

I agree that it should be preserved as well. It was a place where upper and lower class individuals could coexist without being prosecuted or harassed, on top of that it was probably their version of match.com!

I'm really interested in the beast fighting What types of beast fights did they have? Lions vs bears?  Did they ever throw people into it like they do in the movies?