The Collaborative International Dictionary
Circensial \Cir*cen"sial\, Circensian \Cir*cen"sian\, a. [L. Circensis, ludi Circenses, the games in the Circus Maximus.] Of or pertaining to, or held in, the Circus, In Rome.
The pleasure of the Circensian shows.
--Holyday.
Wiktionary
a. Of or relating to, or held in, the (w: Circus Maximus) of Ancient Rome.
Usage examples of "circensian".
From the throne whence the emperor viewed the Circensian games a winding staircase descended to the palace, a magnificent edifice, which scarcely yielded to the residence of Rome itself, and which, together with the dependent courts, gardens, and porticoes, covered a considerable extent of ground upon the banks of the Propontis between the Hippodrome and the church of St.
But the vortex of Carthaginian customs (amongst whom these frivolous spectacles are hotly followed) had inveigled him into the madness of the Circensian games.