The biga (Latin; pl.: bigae) is the two-horse chariot as used in ancient Rome for sport, transportation, and ceremonies. Other animals may replace horses...

Italian baking Biga and Busca, two political factions in the 15th century Catalan Civil War Biga (typeface) Biga (chariot), a two-horse chariot used in ancient...

Latin term carrus, a loanword from Gaulish. In ancient Rome a biga described a chariot requiring two horses, a triga three, and a quadriga four. The invention...

Roman art, Luna attributes are the crescent moon plus the two-yoke chariot (biga). In the Carmen Saeculare, performed in 17 BC, Horace invokes her as...

Chariot racing (Greek: ἁρματοδρομία, harmatodromía; Latin: ludi circenses) was one of the most popular ancient Greek, Roman, and Byzantine sports. In...

Greek hippodromos (Greek: ἱππόδρομος), a stadium for horse racing and chariot racing. The name is derived from the Greek words hippos (ἵππος; "horse")...

also employed as charioteers for important men. The auriga would drive a biga, the light vehicle powered by two horses, to transport some important Romans...

of a quadriga of Constantinople taken by Enrico Dandolo. Biga, the ancient two-horse chariot. Trigarium (triga) Troika Coach (carriage) According to Aulus...

three-horse chariot; compare the more common quadriga and biga, the four- and two-horse chariot. In ancient Greece, three-horse chariots might be used...

left, Saul sacrifices at an altar, as Samuel arrives in a two-horse biga (chariot) at left] 16 “Enough!” Samuel said to Saul. “Let me tell you what the...