chariot racing
Hippodrome speed contest
Chariot racing was the premier spectator sport of the ancient world, featuring two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicles competing on oval tracks.
Races in Rome's Circus Maximus drew crowds of over 150,000.
The sport was dangerous—crashes at the turns were common and often fatal.
Drivers wrapped the reins around their bodies and carried knives to cut free if dragged.
The term now describes any reckless competitive driving: Those two are chariot racing down the highway.
- arenaVenue for contests
- speedRate of motion
- whipStrikes or aerates
- quadrigaChariot with four abreast
- Ancient RomeMediterranean empire, antiquity
Ben-Hur · Etruscans · Byzantine Empire · crash · dust · track · turn · wheels · horses · faction · team colors · harness · thundering · wild ride · neck and neck · circus · Roman Empire · Roman
- Classical AntiquityAncient Greece, Ancient Rome, Greeks, Romans, Roman Empire
- Ancient RomeRome, Julius Caesar, Caesar, gladiator, gladiators
- ancient worldancient Greece, ancient Rome, ancient Egypt, pyramids, pyramid
- sports historyOlympic history, Olympic records, Olympics, Olympic Games, Olympic training
- ancient pastimesOlympic Games, discus, javelin, boxing, footraces
- animal sportsrodeo, bull riding, polo, steeplechase, equestrian
chariot racingFormula One
Top-tier open-wheel racing
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chariot racinglawn bowling
Outdoor ball-rolling game
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