MAXIMUS a story full of meaning.
In ancient Rome, the title “Maximus” was given to the high priest placed at the head of the College of Pontiffs. The Pontiffs were the priests responsible for establishing the calendar of auspicious and inauspicious days within the Roman public religion, for consecrating buildings, for appointing other priests, such as the Flaminas and the Vestals, and also for keeping the Roman archives. by recording notable facts in the “Grande Annals”. This title will then be systematically awarded to all Roman emperors during the imperial period following the reign of Augustus. As a result, “Maximus” had become the key expression to express greatness in all its splendor. And there is a Roman monument, the most gigantic known at that time, which truly became the expression of this grandeur. This is the Circus Maximus, the largest circus in all of Roman antiquity, otherwise known as the “Circus Maximus”, located between the Palatine and the Aventine. Mainly intended for horse or chariot races, the Circus Maximus was built at the beginning of the 6th century BC].-C. by the Etruscan king Tarquin the Elder.
