There was anĮxtensive market of bookies and professional betters willing to take advantage In thisĬircus you could do extensive betting on the winners of a race. Was the Circus Maximus in Rome which could seat up to 250,000 people.
Would knock and crush into each other around the post. Results for both horses and driver, sometimes of several cars in a row as competitors Round turns when the spectators could expect incredible crashes with deadly However, the most enthusiastic moments of these races were really the Greeks and Romans no longer usedĬhariots for battle at this time, since they were unstable and riders could be Which were practiced by males in the nude, charioteers wore sleeved garmentsĪnd a leather helmet to protect themselves from the dust and the crashes. Women were not allowed to drive, but they could own the cart and horses, a prominentĬase being Cynics, daughter of a Spartan King. Races were risky events where driversĪnd horses would often crash or be trampled to death by the other competitors. Even nowadays in equestrian races the owners are Driver of the chariot were different persons, since the drivers were often
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