Ab urbe condita

He took the town of Apiolae by storm; and carried off a greater amount of plunder than could have been expected from the slight interest shown in the war. After this had been brought in wagons to Rome, he celebrated the Games with greater splendour and on a larger scale than his predecessors.

Then for the first time a space was marked for what is now the “ Circus Maximus.” Spots were allotted to the patricians and knights where they could each build for themselves stands-called “ fori ” —from which to view the Games.