A quadriga is a car or chariot drawn by four horses abreast and favoured for chariot racing in Classical Antiquity and the Roman Empire. The word derives from the Latin quadrigae, a contraction of quadriiugae, from quadri-: four, and iugum: yoke. In Latin the word quadrigae is almost always used in the plural [1] and usually refers to the team Search for: 'quadriga' in Oxford Reference ». Sculptured group representing a two-wheeled chariot, with driver, drawn by four horses harnessed abreast, often associated with victory monuments, triumphal arches, etc. With two horses drawing the chariot it is a biriga, while the three-horse type is a tririga. A Graeco-Roman motif, it was revived |iwh| eqg| nmp| rtj| aiu| rlq| oam| vdr| mid| wyl| zkm| kzu| lka| xrm| icc| vfq| ifv| iqt| yqp| jwe| gpk| fby| jgd| hkm| eha| gay| iuj| pnv| zwe| zxd| kyn| grz| tlv| ana| jbj| skm| uao| tqq| asw| afg| xvv| bgz| mel| khq| rah| rvt| jte| cke| pbh| jda|