The lifestyle of elite professional sportsmen in ancient Greece and Rome was comparable to that of a celebrity today.

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 ...

Spirit of fair play The Olympic Charter, established by de Coubertin, states that 'The practice of sport is a human right'.

Archeology & ArtsRemains of ancient horses beside an Iron Age chariot. Ancient Celtic burials were regarded with great solemnity. A successful transition into the afterlife was of the utmost ...

The events of the Trojan War are written about in a number of works of Ancient Greek literature ... and continuing with the creation of the Trojan horse by Odysseus, the means by which Troy ...

Many drivers were thrown from a broken or overturned chariot. They could then be trampled and killed by the charging horses, or get caught in the reins and dragged to their deaths. Given the ...