A guide to the exhibition illustrating Greek and Roman life (1920)
British Museum. Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities · London, British Museum · leaf 82
Fig. 62.—Roman Racing-Chariot Turning the Post (No. 179). L. 16 in. was a concession to the wealthy inhabitants of prosperous cities.To enter a chariot with a team of four horses, which was now theusual number for the great race at Olympia, demanded almost aslarge a proportionate expenditure as to…
Civilization, Greek and Roman · Classical antiquities
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