In this episode of the Ancient World Magazine podcast, Dr Josho Brouwers is joined by contributing editor Dr Joshua Hall, regular contributor Dr Arianna Sacco, and special guest Dr Silvannen Gerrard to talk about chariots, from the Bronze Age down to the Roman era.

The Panathenaia was a festival organized in Athens to celebrate the city’s patron goddess, Athena. The prize for winning a competition was a large, black-figure amphora filled with olive oil.

A kalos cup currently on display at the Archaeological Museum of Rhodes depicts a youth flattening the ground at the palaestra, an area set aside for wrestling, boxing, and other athletic activities.

The ancient Romans organized games, the venationes, in which wild animals were often an integral component. But where did the Romans find these animals, and how did they get them to Rome?

Racing – in pretty much any form – was no less popular two thousand years ago than it is today.

A discussion of the remaining three blood-soaked seasons of the TV show Spartacus, which are all heartily recommended if you don’t mind the gratuitous violence.

An entertaining television series with lots of blood, gore, and gratuitous nudity. What’s not to like?

Currently, the soccer World Cup is going on: a good opportunity to write about ancient Greek sports.