Ancient Olympics - Yep, just like in the movies, the original Olympic Games had chariot racing events. Both 2-horse and 4-horse chariots made 12 laps around a stadium track and the winners were ...

Chariot racing was a sport that only the wealthiest ... The pentathlon was the event from which the modern Olympics derives many of its events, including the discus, javelin, long jump, running ...

Less violent than the gladiators, chariot racing was still an extreme, dangerous sport, in which drivers could die. The teams attracted fierce passions from their supporters. The Circus Maximus ...

The Ancient Olympic Games were a magnificent spectacle that ... pankration (a combination of boxing and wrestling), and chariot racing. The sanctuary of Olympia, situated in the north-western ...

Only men were allowed to compete in the Ancient Olympic Games. Women had their own games ... after entering her team into the four-horse chariot race. As owners rather than racers were considered ...