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The History of the Circus
The origin of the modern circus goes back to an englishman, a man called philip astley. He established his circuses 17 forty two newcastle upon time cavalry officer set up an amphitheatre. And he introduced the idea of acrobats on their horses, and indeed, fooling around clowns. So it's astley's circus that really is the first one. But do you remember where circus itself comes from? I imagine it's going to be a latin word. It's going to date back to rome, the circus maximus,. And it goes back to circus, meaning a ring. There were cruel things going on, like people being put to the
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