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−	The '''''Campus Martius''''' (English: Field of Mars) in ancient Rome, was a floodplain of the [[Tiber]] River, the site of the altar of ~~'''~~Mars~~'''~~ and the temple of ~~'''~~Apollo~~'''~~ in the 5th century BC. Originally used primarily as a military exercise ground, it was later drained and, by the 1st century BC, became covered with large public buildings—baths, amphitheatre, theatres, gymnasium, crematorium, and many more temples. The Pantheon is the most notable structure extant. The historian [[Livy]] (1st century bc) called the area ''campus ignifer'' because of the volcanic smoke often seen there.	+	The '''''Campus Martius''''' (English: Field of Mars) in ancient Rome, was a floodplain of the [[Tiber]] River, the site of the altar of [[Mars]] and the temple of [[Apollo]] in the 5th century BC. Originally used primarily as a military exercise ground, it was later drained and, by the 1st century BC, became covered with large public buildings—baths, amphitheatre, theatres, gymnasium, crematorium, and many more temples. The [[Pantheon]] is the most notable structure extant. The historian [[Livy]] (1st century BC) called the area ''campus ignifer'' because of the volcanic smoke often seen there.

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The '''''Campus Martius''''' (English: Field of Mars) in ancient Rome, was a floodplain of the [[Tiber]] River, the site of the altar of '''Mars''' and the temple of '''Apollo''' in the 5th century BC. Originally used primarily as a military exercise ground, it was later drained and, by the 1st century BC, became covered with large public buildings—baths, amphitheatre, theatres, gymnasium, crematorium, and many more temples. The Pantheon is the most notable structure extant. The historian [[Livy]] (1st century bc) called the area ''campus ignifer'' because of the volcanic smoke often seen there.

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Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus at 09:49, 1 September 2011

Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus: New page: The '''''Campus Martius''''' (English: Field of Mars) in ancient Rome, was a floodplain of the Tiber River, the site of the altar of '''Mars''' and the temple of '''Apollo''' in the 5t...