ABSTRACT

Oceanus, Roman chariot horse, ? late second century ce. calpurnianus claims to have driven Oceanus to 209 victories for the Green circus faction.

October Horse, Roman religious ritual. Every 15 October, a two-horse chariot race was held in the Campus Martius and the right-hand horse of the winning team sacrificed to Mars. While its tail and (?) genitals were rushed to the Regia, where they bled onto the altar, residents of two Roman districts, Subura and Sacra Via, fought over the head, severed by a sword. These districts may have participated in the race itself.