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Foundations of sphendone (circular area) of the 2nd c. circus at Arles, in...

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Foundations of sphendone (circular area) of the 2nd c. circus at Arles

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Obelisk in the Place de la République, Arles (originally from the spi...

Context: Arelate
Type: Circus
Summary: The Roman circus was located west of the city, south of the Rhône River, outside the colony walls
Date: ca. 50 AD - ca. 100 AD
Dimensions: W. (exterior): 100 m; W. (interior) 83.3 m; W. (spina) 6 m; L. ca. 400 m)
Period: Flavian

History: The circus seems to have been used through the 7th c. A.C., at which point it was quarried for building stones and heavily overgrown. Part of the sphendone is visible in front of the new Musée d'Arles Antique

Other Notes: In 1676 the granite obelisk found in the circus--which probably served as the Spina--was removed to the Place de la République, where it now stands