OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 49204

quadriga

/kwɒdˈɹiː.ɡə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
cuadriga
A Roman racing chariot drawn by four horses abreast.
In the Vatican Library is a vase of terra cotta, on whose upper part we see delineated the sun and moon, in a quadriga, which proceeds forward [travels, voyages, fulfils its course…
On another denarius we see Victory holding a wreath and driving a quadriga […]
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