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Circus Maximus (other)
Circus Maximus is an ancient arena and mass entertainment venue located in Rome. Circus Maximus may also refer to: * Circus Maximus (American band), a 1960s band featuring Jerry Jeff Walker * Circus Maximus (Norwegian band), a 2000s progressive metal band * Symphony No. 3 (Corigliano) or Symphony No. 3, ''Circus Maximus'', a piece for large wind band by American composer John Corigliano * ''The Circus Maximus'', a 1992 album by Manilla Road * Circus Maximus (Momus album), ''Circus Maximus'' (Momus album), 1986 * "Circus Maximus", a song by the band Clutch from their 2005 album ''Robot Hive/Exodus'' * ''Circus Maximus: Chariot Wars'', a 2002 video game * Circus Maximus (game), ''Circus Maximus'' (game), a chariot-racing board game * Circus Maximus (horse) (born 2016), winner of the 2019 St James's Palace Stakes * Circo Massimo (Rome Metro), a station of the Rome Metro {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Circus Maximus
The Circus Maximus (Latin for "largest circus"; Italian: ''Circo Massimo'') is an ancient Roman chariot-racing stadium and mass entertainment venue in Rome, Italy. In the valley between the Aventine and Palatine hills, it was the first and largest stadium in ancient Rome and its later Empire. It measured in length and in width and could accommodate over 150,000 spectators. In its fully developed form, it became the model for circuses throughout the Roman Empire. The site is now a public park. Events and uses The Circus was Rome's largest venue for ''ludi'', public games connected to Roman religious festivals. ''Ludi'' were sponsored by leading Romans or the Roman state for the benefit of the Roman people (''populus Romanus'') and gods. Most were held annually or at annual intervals on the Roman calendar. Others might be given to fulfil a religious vow, such as the games in celebration of a triumph. In Roman tradition, the earliest triumphal ''ludi'' at the Circus were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Circus Maximus (American Band)
Circus Maximus was an American band in the late 1960s, which combined influences from folk music, rock, and jazz into a form of psychedelic rock. History The band, originally called the Lost Sea Dreamers, was formed in 1967 by Bob Bruno and Jerry Jeff Walker. Vanguard Records insisted on a name change, as the initials "LSD" were considered too linked to the drug culture. Bruno's song "Wind", from the band's self-titled first album, became a minor hit in the United States, particularly through airplay on "progressive" FM radio stations. In late December 1967, the band performed in an unusual pair of "Electric Christmas" concerts together with New York Pro Musica, an ensemble that performed early music. There were two 80-minute performances. The material performed included a reworking of 14th-century composer Guillaume de Machaut's "''La douce dame jolie''" as an English-language song "Sweet Lovely Lady" arranged by Robert M. Bruno for the ensemble, and Bruno original "Chess Game" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Circus Maximus (Norwegian Band)
The Circus Maximus (Latin for "largest circus"; Italian: ''Circo Massimo'') is an ancient Roman chariot-racing stadium and mass entertainment venue in Rome, Italy. In the valley between the Aventine and Palatine hills, it was the first and largest stadium in ancient Rome and its later Empire. It measured in length and in width and could accommodate over 150,000 spectators. In its fully developed form, it became the model for circuses throughout the Roman Empire. The site is now a public park. Events and uses The Circus was Rome's largest venue for ''ludi'', public games connected to Roman religious festivals. ''Ludi'' were sponsored by leading Romans or the Roman state for the benefit of the Roman people (''populus Romanus'') and gods. Most were held annually or at annual intervals on the Roman calendar. Others might be given to fulfil a religious vow, such as the games in celebration of a triumph. In Roman tradition, the earliest triumphal ''ludi'' at the Circus were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Symphony No
A symphony is an extended musical composition in Western classical music, most often for orchestra. Although the term has had many meanings from its origins in the ancient Greek era, by the late 18th century the word had taken on the meaning common today: a work usually consisting of multiple distinct sections or movements, often four, with the first movement in sonata form. Symphonies are almost always scored for an orchestra consisting of a string section (violin, viola, cello, and double bass), brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments which altogether number about 30 to 100 musicians. Symphonies are notated in a musical score, which contains all the instrument parts. Orchestral musicians play from parts which contain just the notated music for their own instrument. Some symphonies also contain vocal parts (e.g., Beethoven's Ninth Symphony). Etymology and origins The word ''symphony'' is derived from the Greek word (), meaning "agreement or concord of sound", "concert of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Circus Maximus
''The Circus Maximus'' is an album released under the name of American heavy metal band Manilla Road in 1992, after the band had first split up. The album contains the work of Manilla Road founder and frontman Mark Shelton who assembled a new band named Circus Maximus. However, Shelton's label, Black Dragon Records, added the Manilla Road logo. The sound and style is very different than the rest of Manilla Road material. Production and reception Manilla Road had dissolved during the sessions for '' The Courts of Chaos'', and lead songwriter and vocalist and guitarist Mark Shelton began working on a new project. The recording process for the album involved his high school friends Andrew Coss and Aaron Brown, with the new band to be named Circus Maximus. However, his record label Black Dragon released the album as the work of Manilla Road and named it ''The Circus Maximus'' instead, despite the project having an entirely different sound. According to Allmusic, many of the tracks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Circus Maximus (Momus Album)
''Circus Maximus'' is the debut album by Scottish musician Momus, released on 15 January 1986 on Creation Records. It deals primarily with Biblical and Ancient Roman themes, making reference to figures such as Saul, St. Sebastian, Lucretia, and Solomon. The title, ''Circus Maximus'', refers to the ancient Roman chariot racing and entertainment venue of the same name. Background and influences ''The Guardian'' has characterised the lyrical content of ''Circus Maximus'' as a "skewed reading of certain classical and biblical themes," adding that "the urgent, whispering omusprofesses himself a masochistic St. Sebastian ('preferring the ache to the aspirin') and sings of 'The Rape of Lucretia' like a Morrissey who had not stopped at an enthusiasm for Oscar Wilde but mined the whole decadent tradition: Pater, Swinburne Algernon Charles Swinburne (5 April 1837 – 10 April 1909) was an English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic. He wrote several novels and collections of po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robot Hive/Exodus
''Robot Hive / Exodus'' is the seventh full-length studio album by American rock band Clutch, released in 2005 on the DRT Entertainment label. Album information The original release of the album contained 14 tracks, though it had 15 on some editions, namely the single and title track of the compilation album, '' Slow Hole to China: Rare and Unreleased''. It included two Blues covers, one by the legendary Howlin' Wolf and one by Mississippi Fred McDowell, continuing the band's musical virtuosity and their habit of playing various styles on their albums. Robot Hive/Exodus also signified the beginning of keyboard player Mick Schauer's time with the band. Schauer would also contribute to their next album, '' From Beale Street to Oblivion'' and subsequent tours. A reissue of the album was released on September 28, 2010 with only the original 14 tracks, with a slightly different album cover design and an accompanying DVD of their performance at the "Sounds of the Underground" festival ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chariot Wars
A chariot is a type of cart driven by a charioteer, usually using horses to provide rapid motive power. The oldest known chariots have been found in burials of the Sintashta culture in modern-day Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, dated to c. 2000 BCE. The critical invention that allowed the construction of light, horse-drawn chariots was the spoked wheel. The chariot was a fast, light, open, two-wheeled conveyance drawn by two or more horses that were hitched side by side, and was little more than a floor with a waist-high guard at the front and sides. It was initially used for ancient warfare during the Bronze and Iron Ages, but after its military capabilities had been superseded by light and heavy cavalries, chariots continued to be used for travel and transport, in processions, for games, and in races. Etymology The word "chariot" comes from the Latin term ''carrus'', a loanword from Gaulish. In ancient Rome and some other ancient Mediterranean civilizations, a ''biga'' requ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Circus Maximus (game)
''Circus Maximus'' is a board game that was originally published by Battleline Publications in 1979, but is better known for the 1980 Avalon Hill edition. The game has become very popular at gaming conventions in an oversized form, with -long boards and baseball-sized chariots. Description ''Circus Maximus'' is a chariot-racing board game Up to eight players choose teams of horses and drivers, and race their custom chariots around an oval track. Charioteers are encouraged to physically attack their opponents with whips, force opposing chariots into walls, and hamstring opponents' horses with wheel-mounted blades. Publication history ''Circus Maximus'', designed by Michael E. Matheny, was originally called ''Chariot Racing'' when it was published in 1979 by Battleline Publications, a subsidiary of Heritage Models. (''Chariot Racing'' and a one-on-one combat game called ''Gladiator'' were sold together under the name ''Circus Maximus''.) When Battleline was sold to Avalon Hill in O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Circus Maximus (horse)
Circus Maximus, (foaled 8 February 2016) is an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse. He showed promise as a juvenile in 2018 when he won one minor race and ran well in both the Autumn Stakes and the Vertem Futurity Trophy. In the following year he showed top class form over a mile, winning the Dee Stakes, St James's Palace Stakes and Prix du Moulin as well as finishing second in the Sussex Stakes. As a four-year-old he won the Queen Anne Stakes and finished second in both the Sussex Stakes and the Breeders' Cup Mile. Background Circus Maximus is a bay horse with a small white star bred in Ireland by Flaxman Stables, a breeding company run by the Niarchos family. During his racing career he has been jointly owned by Flaxman Stables and the Coolmore Stud. He was sent into training with Aidan O'Brien at Ballydoyle. He was sired by Galileo, who won the Derby, Irish Derby and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes in 2001. Galileo became one of the world's leading stallions, earning his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
