But not everyone was such a fan. Like the gladiators, chariot races were popular sports for the Roman masses, not the social elites, who disliked the mob behavior of the fans and found the sport ...

“If you go to a NASCAR race and you’ve got 100,000 fans at Talladega, or Daytona was just last week, Circus Maximus was 250-200,000 people that went to Roman chariot races to cheer on their ...

Chariot racing only really came in when the chariot's time on the battlefield was over. It became part of the Greek Olympic Games, and in Roman times chariot racing - as re-enacted in the film Ben ...

The mural is 36 feet long, 13 feet wide, and depicts a chariot race between four chariots. Follow Tech Insider: On Facebook Latest videos Archaeologists uncovered a massive 4th-century mosaic ...

The Roman emperor Nero is known as one of history ... At the same time, he organised games and chariot races and performed on the stage, calling himself an artist. As In Our Time explores ...