After some time, games were held also by Testaccio Hill, next to the south-western stretch of the old set of walls, basically a desertic area just within the city's boundary. Besides the aforesaid entertainments, on this spot another blood-shedding event took place, known as the rolling of the pigs.
A number of small carts carrying alive pigs were towed on top of the hill, from where they were pushed along its steep side; rolling down, the carts tilted and smashed, while at the bottom of the hill a great crowd gathered, competing for the animals (or what was left of them) in a huge and bloody brawl.