The Romane historie vvritten by T. Livius of Padua. Also, the Breviaries of L. Florus: with a chronologie to the whole historie: and the Topographie of Rome in old time. Translated out of Latine into English, by Philemon Holland, Doctor in Physicke

CHAP. VII. The baines of Nero and Alexander: the Cirque named Agon.

BEhind S. Eustachius church, betweene Pantheon and Lombards street, the remnants are seene of the baines and vaults of Nero.

Neere unto these, Alexander built others new (by conveighance of water into them, which they call Alexandrina) and those very faire and delectable: VVherof Lampridius hath written much.

Neere unto them (some thinke) were the bathes of Hadrian: and they would have them to stand in that very place, where now is S. Aloisius church.

In the plaine part of the cittie there appeare most evident tokens of a long and spatious Cirque, which they call at this day Agon. It took that name, either of the games Agonalia instituted by king

Numa in the honour of Ianus, which in that shew-place are represented, the ninth day of Ianuarie: or because all manner of such shewes and disports, called by the Greeks, Agones, were wont there to be exhibited. Some would have it to be built by Nero or Alexander, upon this reason, that other or∣naments of theirs were to be shewed there. For the manner of their princes and Emperors was, ordi∣narily to bestow their monuments and memorials in one place.