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title: Victorious Roman Charioteer
author: Carole Raddato
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8868/victorious-roman-charioteer/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 2024-06-11
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# Victorious Roman Charioteer

_Authored by [Carole Raddato](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/FollowingHadrian/)_

## Image File

[![Victorious Roman Charioteer](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/8868.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/8868.jpg)

## Image Caption

[Roman](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Roman/) [mosaic](https://www.worldhistory.org/Mosaic/) depicting a victorious charioteer called Marcianus, accompanied by the wish of victory NICHA (*sic*). Nika is a given name of [Greek](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/greek/) origin meaning "Victory" (Latinized as Nica). Marcianus' lead horse is named as Inluminator and bears what appears to be a stable [mark](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Mark/) on his flank (Getuli). 4th century CE.

National Museum of [Roman Art](https://www.worldhistory.org/Roman_Art/), Merida, Spain.

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## About the Author

Carole maintains the popular ancient history photo-blog Following Hadrian, where she travels the ancient world in the footsteps of Emperor Hadrian.
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## Cite This Work

### APA
Raddato, C. (2018, June 05). Victorious Roman Charioteer. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8868/victorious-roman-charioteer/>
### Chicago
Raddato, Carole. "Victorious Roman Charioteer." *World History Encyclopedia*, June 05, 2018. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8868/victorious-roman-charioteer/>.
### MLA
Raddato, Carole. "Victorious Roman Charioteer." *World History Encyclopedia*, 05 Jun 2018, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8868/victorious-roman-charioteer/>.

## License & Copyright

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