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 ...

In the summer of 2024, a team of archaeologists was called in at a housing project in Stuttgart’s Bad Cannstatt district and ...

and in Roman times chariot racing - as re-enacted in the film Ben Hur - was very popular, attracting huge crowds. The first recorded chariot race in the ancient Olympics was in about 680 BC.

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 ...

Back in ancient times, the Romans came here to watch sports and chariot racing. It held over a quarter ... playing frisbee in the Circo Massimo in Rome, but what he loves most is training with ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Ancient Arenas: Chariots Dangerous, grueling, fierce. Chariot Racing was by far the most favored sport of ancient times. Ancient Arenas takes you back ...