Less violent than the gladiators, chariot racing was still an extreme ... Like the gladiators, chariot races were popular sports for the Roman masses, not the social elites, who disliked the ...

Hence, chariot racing was the most popular sport across ... which burned for six days and destroyed two-thirds of Rome. The ...

and in Roman times chariot racing - as re-enacted in the film Ben Hur - was very popular, attracting huge crowds. The first recorded chariot race in the ancient Olympics was in about 680 BC.

An ancient Roman chariot racing track's remains could be at risk of "harm" if a proposed monument commemorating a historic army barracks is built at the site. Historic England has objected to a ...

While there were certainly other crowd-pleasing events such as gladiatorial contests in ancient Rome, “chariot racing is the earliest and longest-enduring major spectacle in Roman history ...

HUNDREDS of enthusiasts descended on Colchester this weekend for a rare chance to see ancient history ... widely agree are the remains of a Roman chariot racing arena or circus at a new housing ...

CONCERNS have been raised a vital piece of Colchester's ancient heritage could be ... the houses over the top of the gates to the Roman chariot racing circuit, which was discovered earlier this ...

as well as chariot racing. Athletes competed naked and, during certain wrestling events, covered in oil. The Games were held until 393 AD, when the Roman Christian Emperor Theodosius I banned them.

The ancient Roman ruins of Jerash, on the outskirts of Amman, Jordan, represent one of the best-preserved Roman cities. Here, gladiators once competed in chariot-racing contests as spectators ...

David Gilmour has announced he will play six night's at Rome's legendary chariot-racing stadium Circus ... A specially built arena inside the ancient Roman stadium will house the shows allowing ...