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During the Augustan age Mediolanum was famous for its schools; it possessed a theater and an [[Milan amphitheatre|amphitheatre]], the third largest in the [[Roman Italy]] after the [[Colosseum]] in Rome and the vast amphitheatre in [[Capua]].<ref>{{cite journal |first=Herbert W. |last=Benario |title=Amphitheatres of the Roman World |journal=The Classical Journal |volume=76 |issue=3 |year=1981 |pages=255–258 |jstor=3297328 }} </ref> Maximian built several gigantic monuments: the large [[Roman circus|circus]] (470 × 85 metres), the ''[[thermae]]'' or [[Baths of Hercules]], a large complex of imperial palaces and other services and buildings of which few visible traces remain. Maximian increased the city area to 375 acres by surrounding it with a new, larger stone wall (about 4.5&nbsp;km long) with many 24-sided towers. The monumental area had twin towers; the one included later in the construction of the convent of [[San Maurizio al Monastero Maggiore|San Maurizio Maggiore]] remains 16.6 m high.