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  2. Boadicea and Her Daughters - Wikipedia

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    The chariot is based on Roman models, not native British or Iceni models, and has a scythe blade attached to each wheel. The queen stands upright, in a flowing gown, with a spear in her right hand and her left hand raised. Her daughters, with bared breasts, crouch in the chariot, one to either side of their mother.

  3. Chariot racing - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. Toys and games in ancient Rome - Wikipedia

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    Horace mentions a tradition in which Roman girls dedicated the dolls to the Lares, household guardians, upon reaching adulthood. Persius mentions a similar custom in which Roman girls dedicated their dolls to Venus before marriage. [123] Roman male dolls existed; they were possibly intended to be used by boys.

  5. Chariot - Wikipedia

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    Reconstructed Roman chariot drawn by horses. Approximate historical map of the spread of the spoke-wheeled chariot, 2000—500 BC. A chariot is a type of cart driven by a charioteer, usually using horses [note 1] to provide rapid motive power.

  6. Spectacles in ancient Rome - Wikipedia

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    However, Roman customs were influenced by the Greeks in a direct way, especially after they conquered mainland Greece in 146 BC. According to one Roman legend Romulus used the stratagem of organizing a chariot race shortly after the founding of Rome to distract the Sabines. While the Sabines were enjoying the spectacle Romulus and his men ...

  7. A Fully Intact Roman Chariot Survived Pompeii’s Destruction

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    An ornate and fully intact ceremonial chariot has been unearthed at a villa just outside of the infamous city of Pompeii. The post A Fully Intact Roman Chariot Survived Pompeii’s Destruction ...

  8. Biga (chariot) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  9. Dying To Be Free - The Huffington Post

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    The last image we have of Patrick Cagey is of his first moments as a free man. He has just walked out of a 30-day drug treatment center in Georgetown, Kentucky, dressed in gym clothes and carrying a Nike duffel bag.

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