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Chariot racing


 

Chariot racing was one of the most popular ancient Greek and Roman sports.

Sources

  • Boren, Henry C. Roman Society. Lexington: D.C. Heath and Company, 1992. ISBN 0-699-17801-2
  • Finley, M. I. The Olympic Games: The First Thousand Years. New York: Viking press, 1976. ISBN 0-760-52406-9
  • Harris, H. A. Sport in Ancient Greece and Rome. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1972. ISBN 0-8014-0718-4
  • Homer. The Iliad (trans. by E. V. Rieu). London: Penguin Classics, 2003. ISBN 0-140-44794-6
  • Humphrey, John, "Roman Circuses: Arenas for Chariot Racing". Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986. ISBN 0-5200-4921-7
  • Jackson, Ralph. Gladiators and Caesars: The Power of Spectacle in Ancient Rome. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000. ISBN 0-520-22798-0
  • Treadgold, Warren T. A History of the Byzantine State and Society. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1997. ISBN 0-8047-2630-2
 

~ Table of Content ~

Introduction
Early chariot racing
The Olympic Games
Roman chariot racing
Byzantine chariot racing
Sources

 

 

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