The fastest sport on two wheels thrilled fans in packed arenas across Roman lands, while the elite condemned—and exploited—the passions of the crowd. The thrill and danger of a chariot race in ...

Although myth and legend indicate that chariot racing had deep ties with Roman religion and culture when it first started hundreds of years earlier, by the time the real events depicted in Those ...

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 ...

The Roman passion for chariot racing was inherited from the Etruscans, and it later spread throughout the Roman world. In North Africa, for example, the Circus of Carthage (in modern-day Tunisia ...

From Gladiator 2 gladiator and chariot race to chariot race we discover how the bloody arena fueled the Roman Empire and the introduction of the new Flavian Amphitheatre or as we know it today ...

Laser beams have revealed unknown structures, including the remains of a circus that hosted horse-drawn chariot races, that were once part of a sprawling Roman city hidden in what is now northern ...

The remains of the only known Roman chariot racing track in Britain have been found under an army barracks being redeveloped in Colchester. New homes are going up on a 209-acre site where builders ...

It depicts a chariot race involving Greek mythological figure Pelops, who is racing to win the hand of love interest Princess Hippodamia. A Roman mosaic depicting a mythical chariot race has been ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Historical Games: Chariot Racing Relive the spectacle of Roman chariot racing in this VR action-racing game where victory is attained by any means ...