The Geometric Period is a lesser known era in history. However, it ushered ancient Greece from the Dark Age to the Classical ...

The Nika Revolt of 532 AD in Constantinople was one of the bloodiest sports riots in history and nearly led to the toppling ...

Less violent than the gladiators, chariot racing was still an extreme, dangerous sport, in which drivers could die. The teams attracted fierce passions from their supporters. The Circus Maximus ...

Leonidas of Rhodes is our guide to the Olympic Games, as held in Ancient Greece. Running ... She won the four-horse chariot race with her team in two consecutive Olympics. Her victories have ...

an alternative myth has the hero Pelops (from which the name of the Peloponnese region of Greece originates) establish the festival after defeating King Oenomaus in a chariot race. Whatever the ...