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Chariot racing (Ancient Greek: ἁρματοδρομία, harmatodromía; Latin: ludi circenses) was one of the most popular ancient Greek, Roman, and Byzantine sports. In Greece, chariot racing played an essential role in aristocratic funeral games from a very early time. With the institution of formal races and permanent racetracks, chariot ...
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.
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.
The main centre of chariot racing was the Circus Maximus, [57] situated in the valley between the Palatine and Aventine Hills in Rome. The track could hold 12 chariots, and the two sides of the track were separated by a raised median termed the spina.
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.
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The Horses of Saint Mark in Venice. A quadriga is a car or chariot drawn by four horses abreast and favoured for chariot racing in classical antiquity and the Roman Empire.The word derives from the Latin quadrigae, a contraction of quadriiugae, from quadri-: four, and iugum: yoke.
A charioteer, armed athlete or warrior, and four horse-drawn chariot are depicted in profile relief. Named for the Greek “Apobatai” – literally the “Dismounters” – the base's relief depicts the racing event or Apobates race, which was a ceremonial part of the Panathenaic Games. In this event athletes would race against other ...