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 ...

Over the course of this period, early forms of public welfare were established by Titus and Trajan and, in difficult times, plebeians could ask Roman administrators for help. We know much less ...

For the chariot racers of Rome, one particular breed of horse was prized above all else: the Berber. It had a convex-shaped head, and a powerful neck that enabled it to pull the chariots at great ...

It became part of the Greek Olympic Games, and in Roman times chariot racing - as re-enacted ... was that nobody was killed or injured during the race (even though people in the stalls were ...

Its once-busy port has silted up, and the Adriatic coast receded; many of its majestic Roman-era structures ... 100,000 spectators once roared during the chariot races. Later, in the Palazzo ...

The mural is 36 feet long, 13 feet wide, and depicts a chariot race between four chariots. Follow TI: On Facebook More from Science Archaeologists recently uncovered a massive 4th century mosaic ...

Here are five things you probably don’t know about this chariot-tastic classic. Though Ben-Hur was part of the 1950s and ’60s ...

It became part of the Greek Olympic Games, and in Roman times chariot racing - as re-enacted ... was that nobody was killed or injured during the race (even though people in the stalls were ...

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 ...