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Roman Chariot Racing

Roman Chariot Racing. By Dean Schwartz. Background Information. Greek chariot racing Etruscan chariot racing Roman chariot racing One of oldest sports of Rome (6 th century B.C.E.)

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Roman Chariot Racing

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  1. Roman Chariot Racing By Dean Schwartz

  2. Background Information • Greek chariot racing • Etruscan chariot racing • Roman chariot racing • One of oldest sports of Rome (6th century B.C.E.) • By legend, racing was used by Romulus to distract the Sabine men during the Rape of the Sabine Women to take the women to Rome • Held in the Circus • Religious purposes • Entertainment • Charioteer, chariot, and horses

  3. Charioteer • Leather helmet • Knee pads • Shin pads • Colored tunics (vestisquadrigaria)according to team • Four major teams (factiones) • Green (Prasini) • Red (Russata) • White (Alba) • Blue (Veneta) • Hair in a curly style • Reigns in left hand, whip in right • Knife on back to cut free in case of crash

  4. Winning Charioteers • Receive lots of money • Fame • Well-known throughout people • If slave, retrieve freedom • Famous Charioteers • Pontius Epaphroditus • PompeiusMusclosus • Gaius AppuleiusDiocles • 1462 victories

  5. Types of Chariots • Team of horses - auriga • Bigae - two horses • Trigae- three horses • Quadrigae - four horses • Sejuges - six horses • Septemjuges - seven horses

  6. Racing Chariot vs. Military Chariot

  7. Circus Maximus • Between Palatine Hill and Aventine Hill • Could seat 250,000

  8. Day at the Races • Parade (pompacircensis) • One who sponsors race • Charioteers and teams • Musicians and dancers • Priest carrying statues of gods and goddesses • Up to 12 racers • 12 races per day, later 24 • Sounding of trumpet • Emperor dropped cloth (mappa) signaling beginning of race • 7 laps • Could move in front of opposition, causing to crash into spinae(tables with pieces of marble in shapes of eggs or dolphins)

  9. Tomb of Roman official

  10. Sources • http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/circus.html • http://www.mariamilani.com/ancient_rome/Ancient_Roman_Chariot_Races.htm • http://www.unrv.com/culture/chariot-races.php • http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/00418/chariot.html • http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/Chariot_racing/id/1955150 • http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/ROMchariot.htm • http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,566242,00.html

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