Roman Chariot Racing, The Legend of Ben Hur

by Carsten on August 9, 2010 in Festivals,Sport

Horse Racing is interesting, but what could we add to make it a bit more interesting? That’s right, a chariot, welcome to Roman Horse Racing. Last Sunday, on a race track in Berlin’s Mariendorf district, 17 competitors showed us an exciting spectacle, fighting against each other to win the 10.000€ trophy.

Chariot racing was the most popular sport in Rome, appealing to all social classes from slaves to the emperor himself.


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  • Anonymous

    this looks like a lot of fun, when i first saw the pictures i really thought this was from the old times. :D this would be more interesting to watch :)

  • Anonymous

    this is much more interesting that an natural horse racing :)

    thank you for your picture sharing and about this info…

  • tim

    nice pictures!

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