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213: 32: 209:(disturber of horses) there to show the spot where many chariots wrecked. It was built on the slope of a hill if possible and the ground taken from one side served to form the embankment on the other side. 318: 528: 413: 478: 96: 68: 115: 361: 533: 75: 523: 205:) that the chariots turned around. This was the most dangerous part of the track and the Greeks put an altar to 538: 407: 53: 82: 518: 371: 313: 351: 49: 20: 64: 334: 131:
is a term sometimes used for public entertainment venues of various types. A modern example is the
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in 1900 "combining circus, hippodrome, and stage performances".
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and chariots. At both ends of the hippodrome were posts (Greek
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was semicircular, and the other end square with an extensive
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Entertainment venue in the ancient centre of Brighton
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