The Horses and a Day at the Races

Question 1

Where were the stallions purchased from

Answer 1

Stud farms especially from North Africa and Spain at three

Ready to race at 5

Question 2

describe a few horses

Answer 2

Andraemon - one of Scorpus’ horses

Victor won 429 times

Tuscus won 386

Question 3

How can we know the popularity of the horses

Answer 3

Inscriptions on pottery and mosaics

Question 4

Describe Caligula

Answer 4

Fanatical fan of the Greens

Suetonius says he gifted the horse Incitatus a marble stall, purple blankets, a collar of diamonds and a troupe of slaves. The night before the race he enforced silence on the streets near his stables. Wanted to appoint the horse consul.

Question 5

Describe the pompa

Answer 5

Entry parade

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Followed by charioteers and horses, musicians, soldiers who carried images of the gods and goddesses believed to be present at the races which were carried to the pulvinar

Question 6

Describe the race

Answer 6

7 laps anti-clockwise
6.5km
Lasted 10-15 mins
24 races in a day

Question 7

Describe the chariots

Answer 7

Quadrigae - 4 horse, most common. Two horses in the middle yoked together, outside two joined by a rope

Bigae - 2 horse

Question 8

What was the mappa

Answer 8

White cloth which dropped to signal the start of a race

Question 9

What would a charioteer wear?

Answer 9

Tunic- colour of faction
Leather helmet
Whip
Knife to cut themselves free because they wrapped reigns around their bodies

Question 10

Describe the possible injuries for horses

Answer 10

Concussions, broken bones, blows to the eye from the oppo’s whip, tongues cut from snapping on the bit too hard

Question 11

Palm branch

Answer 11

Presented to the winner

Question 12

naufragia

Answer 12

Accidents