Images

James Madison, fourth President of the United States, portrait by John Vanderlyn, 1816. White House Historical Association (White House Collection), Washington, D.C.

Sestertius commemorating Trajan's rebuilding of the Circus Maximus, showing the Arch of Titus (not to be confused with the Arch of Titus built over the Via Sacra), which looks down from the upper left, quadrigae (four-horse chariots) surmounting...

The Motya Charioteer, marble statue depicting a charioteer celebrating a victory in one of the Panhellenic Games, made by a Greek sculptor in Sicily, c. 460-450 BCE, found in 1979 on the Sicilian island of Motya. This is a very rare surviving...

A photograph showing French civilians welcoming Allied troops on D-Day, 6 June 1944. (Imperial War Museums)

Roman wall painting depicting a chariot race, from Pompeii, Casa delle Quadrighe (House of the Chariot Race), dated to 68-79 CE. Naples Archaeological Museum.

Terracotta medallion depicting a charioteer in his quadriga, holding the victor's crown and palm branch, from the Rhône Valley, dated to the late 2nd or early 3rd century CE. In Rome, chariot racing was organized into teams, each identified...

French civilians showing their identity papers to a British officer at La Brèche d'Hermanville, Normandy on D-Day, 6 June 1944. (Imperial War Museums)

The Hippodrome of Gerasa in modern-day Jerash in Jordan is the smallest of the 48 Roman circus buildings known today, measuring about 250 x 50 m. However, it is one of the best-preserved Roman circuses in its functional and technical elements...

French civilians and a British military policeman in La Brèche d'Hermanville behind Sword Beach on D-Day, 6 June 1944. (Imperial War Museums)

Mughal Emperor Humayun (r. 1530-1540/1555-1556), son of Emperor Babur, father of Emperor Akbar, miniature painting, opaque watercolor and gold on ivory, India, Delhi, c. 1875. Los Angeles County Museum of Art