Wikipedia:Today's featured article/April 7, 2004

Depiction of a Chariot race

Chariot racing was one of the most popular ancient Greek and Roman sports. It is unknown exactly when chariot racing began, but it may have been as old as chariots themselves. It is known from artistic evidence on pottery that the sport existed in the Mycenaean world, but the first literary reference to a chariot race is the one described by Homer in Book 23 of the Iliad. In Rome the main centre of chariot racing was the Circus Maximus in the valley between Palatine Hill and Aventine Hill. (more...)

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