🪷 🐎 The #Equirria on 27 February & 14 March were Roman festivals of chariot and horse racing in honor of #Mars. Art: #Antinous as equestrian horse whisperer by Olga Tobreluts. 🐎 🪷
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relief of a racing biga
#OTD 14 March, the second #Equirria took place in honour of #Mars. This was more about the military than the first Equirria, with rituals like Mamuralia also taking place. There is also thought to be connection between this Equirria & the October horse.
1st century relief of a racing biga.
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relief of chariot races and intaglio depicting Mars god of war
relief of chariot races and intaglio depicting Mars god of war
Today was the first the #Equirria, an ancient #Roman #festival of horse & chariot racing. The two events were held in the Campus Martius on Feb 27 & Mar 14. Believed to have been founded by Romulus in honour of Mars, god of war.
Chariot races zurl.co/0b0YS
Mars intaglio, 2nd C AD zurl.co/P3ZNI
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🪷 🐎 The #Equirria on 27 February & 14 March were Roman festivals of chariot and horse racing in honor of #Mars. Art: #Antinous #Albani Equestrian relief with horse. 🐎 🪷
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🪷 🐎 The #Equirria on 27 February & 14 March were Roman festivals of chariot and horse racing in honor of #Mars. Art: #Antinous as equestrian horse whisperer by Olga Tobreluts. 🐎 🪷
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🪷 🐎 The #Equirria on 27 February & 14 March were Roman festivals of chariot and horse racing in honor of #Mars. Antinous in Egypt art by @kezza232022. Equestrian #Antinous as Mercury with a caduceus featuring a true-life coin minted in Alexandria of #Antinoos and a horse. 🐎 🪷
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🪷 🐎 The #Equirria on 27 February & 14 March were Roman festivals of chariot and horse racing in honor of #Mars. Art: #Antinous as equestrian horse whisperer by Olga Tobreluts. 🐎 🪷
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