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the original supercar, where two horses and zero seatbelts decided empires
means A two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used in ancient times for warfare, racing, or ceremonial processions, with the driver standing rather than seated.
from From Old French 'chariot,' a diminutive of 'char' (cart or wagon), which traces back to Latin 'carrus' — a Gallic loanword the Romans borrowed from the Celts, who built the wheeled war-carts the legions came to admire and adopt. That same 'carrus' rolled on into 'car,' 'cargo,' and 'carriage,' making the chariot the ancient grandparent of nearly everything you drive or ship today.
- roman racing
- Circus Maximus held 150,000 fans for chariot crashes
- top driver
- Gaius Diocles out-earned modern athletes by far
- war machine
- Hittites and Egyptians clashed with thousands at Kadesh
- team colors
- Roman fans rioted over racing factions like ultras
- design trick
- light wicker bodies kept them fast and flippable
ben hur — fictional chariot race in 1959 film that won 11 academy awards, most famous cinematic chariot scene
egyptian war chariots — used by ramesses ii at battle of kadesh in 1274 bce, depicted in temple reliefs at abu simbel
terracotta army chariots — 100+ chariots buried with china's qin emperor around 210 bce, discovered in xi'an in 1974