quadriga

(noun)

A Roman chariot drawn by four horses abreast.

Related Terms

Examples of quadriga in the following topics:

  • Architecture under Hadrian

    • The Mausoleum of Hadrian was a large cylinder topped by a garden and quadriga statue.
    • The Mausoleum of Hadrian was a large cylinder topped by a garden and quadriga statue.

  • Ostia

    • The mosaic shows the god Neptune in a sea-quadriga surrounded by creatures of the sea.

  • Architecture under the Nervan-Antonines

    • In the center of the large courtyard stood an equestrian statue of Trajan, and additional bronze statues of him in a quadriga lined the roof of the Basilica Ulpia, which transected the forum in the northern end.