The Roman legal code in place at the time ... and began examining one more set of chariot-wheel grooves on the ancient road. Writer Joshua Hammer is based in Berlin. Photographer Clay McLachlan ...

Comprised of four wheels, iron components ... The villa in which the chariot was found was made of English oak, which was common in Ancient Rome. While excavations at Civita Giuliana began ...

This rare Roman wooden chariot wheel was found at Bar Hill Roman Fort, Strathclyde, Scotland and was picked by Christina Gilfedder, second year student at the University of Glasgow (Single Honours ...

But not everyone was such a fan. Like the gladiators, chariot races were popular sports for the Roman masses, not the social elites, who disliked the mob behavior of the fans and found the sport ...

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.

This rare Roman wooden chariot wheel was found at Bar Hill Roman Fort, Strathclyde, Scotland and was picked by Christina Gilfedder, second year student at the University of Glasgow (Single Honours ...