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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]
Michel-François Dandré-Bardon, La Peinture ébauchant le tableau de Tullie. Tullia Running Her Chariot over the Body of Her Father is a 1735 painting by Michel-François Dandré-Bardon which depicts Roman princess Tullia (later Rome's last queen) running over her father King Servius Tullius's dead body with her chariot. [1]
Tullia driving her Chariot over her Father is a 1687 painting by Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari which depicts the last Queen of Rome Tullia driving her chariot over the dead body of her father, King Servius Tullius. [1] The work was commissioned by Jacopo Montinioni and was later purchased by John Cecil, 5th Earl of Exeter after the formers death. [2]
As one of the most famous drivers in Roman history, he earned extraordinarily large amounts of money; his income surpassing that of professional Roman sponsors. Scorpus died young, at 27 years of age. Scorpus was a slave, as were many charioteers, and was born at Hispania, the nowadays Iberian Peninsula. He received the laurel wreath many times ...
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 ...
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The series depicts Caesar on a triumphal chariot returning from his successful campaigns, in a procession of Roman soldiers, standard-bearers, musicians, and the spoils of war including an assortment of booty (including arms, intricate sculpture, and gold vases), exotic animals, and captives.
His most famous work is The Chariot Race (now at the Manchester Art Gallery), [5] which he painted for the Vienna Exposition (1873) and then expanded to a larger size for the Columbian Exposition (Chicago Fair) of 1893. [6] The painting depicts the close of a chariot race in the Circus Maximus in Ancient Rome, presided over by Emperor Domitian.