Palmyre Annato, circus star of the 19th century at the Cirque des Champs-Elysées in Paris (1840).
January 9, 2022
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HISTORY CORNER: History of the Circus
The earliest circuses may have been where the Romans pitted gladiators against one another and sacrificed Christians to the lions.