Messala vs. Judah Ben Hur
Posted on 05/24/2007 9:17:51 AM PDT by DogByte6RER
Gentlemen, start your chariots!
Messala vs. Judah Ben Hur
This is better than a NASCAR wreck!
Next comes the Christians to the lions huh???
Racing chariots and religious persecution are two completely different things.
Read the article!
Chariot racing has nothing to do with with public executions of innocents for their religious beliefs.
While everybody can agree that there were many aspects of ancient Roman society that were very brutal, nobody can deny that ancient Rome has had a tremendous influence upon Western Civilization and American culture.
Just take a look at Washington, D.C. The architecture of so many of the government buildings pay homage to ancient Roman and Greek societies.
You don’t throw out the good with the bad.
I’d be happier if they’d bring back dueling, especially on the floor of Congress.
If May Day parading Communists are for it, I’m against it.
And we’ve had chariot racing at the Houston Rodeo for years.
I remember reading an article with photos of chariot racing in America back in the 1950’s or 60’s.
They made the chariots out of 55 gallon drums, and they used air filled rubber tires from cars or trucks or something.
Makes you wonder just which god they "trust"...
That sounds a lot like Redneck Chariot Racing!
Sort of like Ben Hur meets NASCAR.
lol
That’s about what it was—a bunch of cowboys in chariots.
They should challenge the fellas in the article to a race.
That would be something.
The Charioteer of Delphi, also known as Heniokhos (the rein-holder), is one of the best-known statues surviving from Ancient Greece, and is considered one of the finest examples of ancient bronze statues. The life-size statue of a chariot driver was found in 1896 at the Sanctuary of Apollo in Delphi, and is now in the Delphi Archaeological Museum.
Actually having condemned criminals fight in gladiator events would be a good vulgar entertainment for the mob.
Of course the ideal would be to reintroduce Roman concepts for fighting (and clemency) to the millitary.
Sort of like the Roman Circuses, eh? Well, swell, that will go hand in hand with the bread that costs a day’s wage, and we’ll be truly reliving history. Bread and Circuses. So — what? They couldn’t be happy with harness racing? Lovely sport — much more civilized.
The Charioteer of Delphi was erected at Delphi in 474 BC, to commemorate the victory of a chariot team in the Pythian Games, which were held at Delphi every four years in honour of Pythean Apollo. It was originally part of a larger group of statuary, including the chariot, four (possibly six) horses and two grooms. Some fragments of the horses were found with the statue. When intact, it must have been one of the most imposing works of statuary in the world.
And much more boring too.
Don’t forget 8-track tapes. your cheriot won’t be right without an 8-track. oh and bring back lederhosen we need those too. Everything o
d is just so cool.
It's called "harness racing" today.
-Eric
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