• @[email protected]
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    1 year ago

    This reminds me of that AskHistorian thread of someone asking where people parked their chariots when Roman citizens went to the coliseum.

    • Neato
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      271 year ago

      Heh. Their palanquin or litter would drop them off and go sit in an alley or street somewhere, probably. Like how carriages in later centuries would.

      • @dustyData
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        71 year ago

        Palanquins were used only by noble families, if even. Less than 1% of the population and even less than that of the amount of people who would assist to the coliseum were carried there. Almost everyone just walked.

        • @[email protected]
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          31 year ago

          i’d be very surprised if some people with carts didn’t set up an impromptu bus service for events

      • @[email protected]
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        281 year ago

        Iirc, chariots where only used to transport people and goods between towns and cities, being pretty rare inside cities if not completely forbidden.

        • @adrian783
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          31 year ago

          so… they park them at city limits? it’s a good question

      • @Zehzin
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        1 year ago

        Trick question. They didn’t, the chauffeur did it for them.