Chariot Racing is an old ancient Greek and Roman sport that was created for entertainment. Chariot race is one driver pulled by a horse in a chariot. The racers race in circles in the Circus maximus (building they were normally held in)These races are dangerous for both the horse and driver. Ancient Romans and Greeks hold races everyday for the entertainment of the people. If one won, or even just survived, they would become famous because the life expectancy of a charioteer was not very long. They could win money and if one was a slave could buy their own freedom.
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The Roman government thought that food and entertainment maintains the population in good mood. Chariot races were held to entertain the populace.
"panem et circenses" (bread and circuses in english) as said Juvenal (a Roman poet)
Circus Maximus could seat 250,000 people; 400m by 90m. Next in importance to the Circus Maximus in Rome were the Circus Flaminius, the Circus Neronis, and the Circus of Maxentius.
this was popular as it was cheap entertainment and the romans really enjoyed watching this.
If you mean Chicago, there are multiple races held annually in the city itself. There's the Chicago marathon, a triathelon, and several charity races. In the surrounding suburbs there are horse races, both harness and flat and auto racing.
Roman Emperors held gladiator battles and chariot races because they distracted the uneducated. They prevented revolts. They kept the poor entertained.
Chariots enabled the transport of the army to be transfered from soldiers to animals.
They made steel tools and chariots.
No. Byzantine is an adjective connoting the eastern part of the Roman empire, from the city named Byzantium, its seat of government. Chariot races were held in a circus in the west and in a hippodrome in the east.