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Images on pottery show that chariot racing existed in thirteenth century BC Mycenaean Greece. [a] The first literary reference to a chariot race is in Homer's poetic account of the funeral games for Patroclus, in the Iliad, combining practices from the author's own time (c. 8th century) with accounts based on a legendary past.
Circus Maximus is a chariot racing board game that was originally published by Battleline Publications in 1979, but is better known for the 1980 Avalon Hill edition. The game has become very popular at gaming conventions in an oversized form, with 10-foot (3.0 m)-long boards and baseball-sized chariots.
Chariot racing in the spirit of Ben Hur Civil War: 1961 Civilization: 1982 Advanced Civilization: 1991 Class Struggle [5] 1982 Clear for Action [6] 1984 The Collector: 1977 Conquistador: 1983 First published by SPI in 1976 D-Day: 1961, 1965, 1971, 1977, 1991 Dark Emperor: 1985 Devil's Den: 1985 Diplomacy [5] 1961, 1977 First published by Games ...
Celtic chariot burial, France, La Tène culture, c. 450 BC. The Celtic chariot, which may have been called karbantos in Gaulish (compare Latin carpentum), [52] [53] was a biga that measured approximately 2 m (6 ft 6 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) in width and 4 m (13 ft 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) in length. British chariots were open in front.
Ancient Greek chariot racers (15 P) Pages in category "Ancient chariot racing" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
The chariot race at the Circus Maximus as seen from the entrance gate, with the imperial box and the Palatine on the left (painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1876) Most likely the Romans borrowed the custom of organizing chariot races from the Etruscans, who in turn had borrowed it from the Greeks.
Cinerary altar depicting the four-horse chariot in which Proserpina was abducted by the ruler of the underworld (2nd century) Although its primary use was as a training ground, the trigarium is sometimes thought to have been the venue for the two-horse chariot races that preceded the October Horse ritual, performed in the Campus Martius in honor of Mars on October 15. [17]
Motorcycle chariot racing 1936 in Australia. Motorcycle chariot racing is a motor sport that combines motorcycle racing and chariot racing.. The first competition of the sport was held in the U.S. as early as 1922, [1] [2] and gained popularity in the 1920s and 1930s, further inspired by the 1925 film Ben-Hur.