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1. : a light four-wheeled pleasure or state carriage. 2. : a two-wheeled horse-drawn battle car of ancient times used also in processions and races. chariot. 2 of 2. verb. charioted; charioting; chariots. intransitive verb. : to drive or ride in or as if in a chariot. transitive verb. : to carry in or as if in a chariot.
Chariot. Reconstructed Roman chariot drawn by horses. Approximate historical map of the spread of the spoke-wheeled chariot, 2000—500 BCE. A chariot is a type of cart driven by a charioteer, usually using horses [note 1] to provide rapid motive power.
chariot racing, in the ancient world, a popular form of contest between small, two-wheeled vehicles drawn by two-, four-, or six-horse teams. The earliest account of a chariot race occurs in Homer’s description of the funeral of Patroclus ( Iliad, book xxiii).
Mar 6, 2013 · The chariot was the supreme military weapon in Eurasia roughly from 1700 BCE to 500 BCE but was also used for hunting purposes and in sporting contests such as the Olympic Games and in the Roman Circus Maximus.
Chariot, open, two- or four-wheeled vehicle of antiquity, probably first used in royal funeral processions and later employed in warfare, racing, and hunting. The chariot apparently originated in Mesopotamia in about 3000 bc; monuments from Ur and Tutub depict battle parades that include heavy.
Mar 29, 2007 · The reconstructed and restored chariot, returning to public view after a decade’s absence, now has pride of place as the centerpiece of the 30,000-square-foot new space, which opens on April 20....
Monteleone chariot unearthed in Perugia, dated 530 BC. The Monteleone chariot is an Etruscan chariot dated to c. 530 BC, considered one of the world's great archaeological finds.
