Less violent than the gladiators, chariot racing was still an extreme ... Like the gladiators, chariot races were popular sports for the Roman masses, not the social elites, who disliked the ...

David Gilmour has announced he will play six night's at Rome's legendary chariot-racing stadium Circus Maximus in September and October, his first Italian shows for eight years. Gilmour recently ...

Chariot racing only really came in when the chariot's time on the battlefield was over. It became part of the Greek Olympic Games, and in Roman times chariot racing - as re-enacted in the film Ben ...

For the chariot racers of Rome, one particular breed of horse was prized above all else: the Berber. It had a convex-shaped head, and a powerful neck that enabled it to pull the chariots at great ...

In 90 A.D., ancient Rome played host to a sporting spectacle that attracted crowds three times the size of the Colosseum?s gladiator games: chariot racing. Every week, 150,000 fans packed the ...

This Roman terret ring for holding chariot reins was found at Loudon Hill Roman Fort, in Ayrshire, Scotland, and was picked by Helen Green, third year student at the University of Glasgow (Single ...

Chariot racing only really came in when the chariot's time on the battlefield was over. It became part of the Greek Olympic Games, and in Roman times chariot racing - as re-enacted in the film Ben ...