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Gaius Appuleius Diocles (104 – after 146 AD) was a Roman charioteer. His existence and career are attested by two highly detailed contemporary inscriptions, used by modern historians to help reconstruct the likely conduct and techniques of chariot racing. He has been described in some modern sources as the highest-paid athlete of all time. [1]
One of Diocles' horses, named Cotynus, raced with him in various teams 445 times, alongside Abigeius, a treasured "trace" horse. A chariot's "trace" horses partly pulled the chariot and partly guided it, as flankers to the central pair, who were yoked to the chariot and provided both speed and power.
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178th Olympiad 68 BC - Diocles of Hypopenus; 179th Olympiad 64 BC - Andreas of Lacedaemon; 180th Olympiad 60 BC - Andromachus of Ambracia; 181st Olympiad 56 BC - Lamachus of Tauromenium; 182nd Olympiad 52 BC - Anthestion of Argos - The third winner from Argos in the category. [2] 183rd Olympiad 48 BC - Theodorus of Messene
A vase showing a warrior riding a chariot pulled by a horse, from southeastern Iran, c. 2000–1800 BC. A golden chariot made during Achaemenid Empire (550–330 BC) The Persians succeeded Elam in the mid 1st millennium. They may have been the first to yoke four horses to their chariots. They also used scythed chariots.
Diocles of Corinth (Greek: Διοκλῆς ὁ Κορίνθιος) was an ancient Greek athlete from Corinth who won the stadion race of the 13th Ancient Olympic Games in 728 BCE at Olympia. [1] The stadion race (about 180 meters) was the only competition in the first 13 Olympiads.
The best source of this comes from the writing of Xenophon, a long-time friend of Agesilaus. He wrote: “But he [Agesilaus] persuaded his sister Cynisca to breed chariot horses, and showed by her victory that such a stud marks the owner as a person of wealth, but not necessarily of merit.” [2]
Procession of two-horses chariots on a loutrophoros, c. 690 BC. The earliest reference to a chariot race in Western literature is an event in the funeral games of Patroclus in the Iliad. [4] In Homeric warfare, elite warriors were transported to the battlefield in two-horse chariots, but fought on foot; the chariot was then used for pursuit or ...