THE DAYS OF THE CHARIOT.
If I were to ask you to come for a ride in a chariot, it would mean borrowing one from a museum or going a-dig-ging for one on the site of a Roman city. However, we will pretend that we have one. Be careful how you approach it, because those knife-like things attached to the wheels are knive3, and sharp ones at that. They were intended, in the days when chariots were used in their thousands, to help mow down the enemy in battle. In ancient days the chariot was used in public processions. The Romans chained their captives and slaves to their chariot wheels, and their principal games were chariot-races, which were as popular as our football and other, matches to-day. The Greek "chariot had two wheels, and was drawn by two , horses.. If reserve horses were added, they were attached on each side of the vehicle, which made it travel very fast but gave great'difficulty to the driver. The chariot is quite open at the back, and the driver and his passengers could leap easily to the ground and as easily leap up again,' There are no springs, the whole affair being made of wood, strengthened in places with bronze and iron.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 114, 17 May 1933, Page 18
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209THE DAYS OF THE CHARIOT. Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 114, 17 May 1933, Page 18
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