chariot
Ancient battle cart
A chariot is a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used in ancient warfare and racing.
The driver stood upright, pulled by one or more horses at high speed.
Chariots appear throughout ancient history—Egyptian, Greek, Roman—and figure prominently in mythology and religious texts: Elijah ascended to heaven in a chariot of fire.
The word now evokes antiquity or poetic grandeur.
Ancient equestrian arena
- quadrigaChariot with four abreast
- circusTraveling entertainment with performers
- competitorOne striving against others
- circuitClosed electrical pathway
faction · stadium · lap · victory · spectacle · games · contest · driver
Circular rotation devices
- spokesRods connecting hub to rim
- axleShaft for wheel rotation
- hubCentral connection point
- rimCircular outer boundary
pole · yoke · platform · harness · reins · shaft · linchpin · wicker
Spirited riding horses
- teamOrganized cooperative unit
- pairTwo matching things
- stallionsAdult male horses
- maresAdult female equines
equine · gallop · hooves · harnessed · driver · whip · swift · trained
Mounted military force
- infantryGround combat troops
- archersPeople who shoot bows
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
- tacticsMethods to achieve goals
combat · army · military · legions · conquest · phalanx · flanking · scythed
Resounding, celebrated victory
- paradeCeremonial public procession
- processionFormal moving line
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- funeralService honoring the dead
coronation · victory · display · pageant · escort · regalia · sacred · festival
Sovereign's ornamental headpiece
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- processionFormal moving line
- monarchHereditary supreme ruler
- pharaohAncient Egyptian ruler
emperor · regalia · coronation · noble · king · queen · majesty · pageantry
Ancient Egypt's supreme rulers
- HittitesAncient Anatolian civilization
- AssyriansAncient Mesopotamian empire builders
- bronzeCopper-tin alloy
- ironElement twenty-six
Egyptians · Mesopotamia · Sumerians · Persians · antiquity · archaeology · reliefs · hieroglyphs
hippodrome
Ancient equestrian arena
- quadrigaChariot with four abreast
- circusTraveling entertainment with performers
- competitorOne striving against others
circuit · faction · stadium · lap · victory · spectacle · games · contest · driver · trophy
wheels
Circular rotation devices
rim · pole · yoke · platform · harness · reins · shaft · linchpin · wicker · leather
Apollo
Sun deity, moonshot namesake
Ares · Thor · Indra · Krishna · sun · sky · divine · gods · celestial · Iliad
steeds
Spirited riding horses
mares · equine · gallop · hooves · harnessed · driver · whip · swift · trained · bridled
cavalry
Mounted military force
tactics · combat · army · military · legions · conquest · phalanx · flanking · scythed · battle
triumph
Resounding, celebrated victory
- paradeCeremonial public procession
- processionFormal moving line
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
funeral · coronation · victory · display · pageant · escort · regalia · sacred · festival · offerings
crown
Sovereign's ornamental headpiece
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- processionFormal moving line
- monarchHereditary supreme ruler
pharaoh · emperor · regalia · coronation · noble · king · queen · majesty · pageantry · ceremony
pharaohs
Ancient Egypt's supreme rulers
- HittitesAncient Anatolian civilization
- AssyriansAncient Mesopotamian empire builders
- bronzeCopper-tin alloy
iron · Egyptians · Mesopotamia · Sumerians · Persians · antiquity · archaeology · reliefs · hieroglyphs · cuneiform
- ancient worldancient Greece, ancient Rome, ancient Egypt, pyramids, pyramid
- ancientantiquity, archaic, classical, medieval, Middle Ages
- ancient weaponssword, swords, shield, shields, bow
- animal powerhorse and buggy, dog sled, mule train, camel caravan, pack horse
- animal transporthorse, mule, donkey, ox, camel
- Epic WarfareIliad, Trojan War, Achilles, Hector, battle
chariotautomobile
Self-propelled passenger conveyance
car · spaceship · spacecraft · rocket · airplane
chariotcart
Vehicle for hauling
wagon · oxcart · donkey cart · wheelbarrow · litter
- chariot racingCompetitive horse-drawn cart sprints
- chariot raceHorse-drawn vehicle competition