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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...