chariot races
Ancient horse competitions
Chariot races were competitive events in ancient Greece and Rome where drivers raced horse-drawn two-wheeled carts around a track.
The races were spectacular and dangerous, with crashes common at the turning posts.
In Rome, chariot racing was the most popular entertainment, drawing massive crowds to the Circus Maximus.
The phrase now appears mostly in historical contexts or as a metaphor for any frenzied competition.
- Ben-HurJudean prince turned slave
- reinsBit-attached steering straps
- harnessStraps controlling an animal
- whipStrikes or aerates
- horsesLarge domesticated hoofed mammals
four horses · hippodrome · wheels · axle · crash · starting gates · quadriga · spectators · crowd roar · Byzantine Empire · slaves · speed · turn · trainers · emperors · track · victory lap · circus
- chariot racingchariots, quadriga, hippodrome, races, horses
- reenactmenthistorical reenactment, living history, war reenactment, mock battle, battle scene
- ByzantiumByzantine Empire, Constantinople, Hagia Sophia, Eastern Roman Empire, Byzantium
- emperors in filmGladiator, Napoleon, Caesar, Augustus, Nero
- Roman festivalsSaturnalia, Lemuria
- horseshorse, mare, mares, stallion, stallions
chariot racesfoot races
Competitive running events
marathon · swimming races · rowing · footrace · footraces
chariot racesgladiatorial combat
Armed fighters battling publicly
gladiator fights · venationes · naumachia · theatrical performances · public executions
chariot raceschess
Strategic board game
wrestling · boxing · weightlifting · discus throw · shot put