Mappa (Roman)
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Mappa (Roman)
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In Ancient Rome, a mappa was a white cloth or napkin used by the presiding magistrate to signal the start of a chariot race at a hippodrome by tossing it down into the arena. Its use is attested to beginning in the early years of the Roman Empire, though chariot races pre-date it by hundreds of years. Any piece of white cloth could serve as a mappa. Roman consuls were often depicted on coins holding a mappa in their raised right hand, and the mappa therefore became represented as an item of impe
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Cloth used to start chariot races
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mappa_(Roman)
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2024-03-06T06:54:41Z
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