Equirria
Sign in to savethumb|upright=1.25|Denarius depicting the helmeted head of Mars, with Victory driving a biga on the reverse (issued 88 BC by [[Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Clodianus)]] The Equirria (also as Ecurria, from equicurria, "horse races") were two ancient Roman festivals of chariot racing, or perhaps horseback racing, held in honor of the god Mars, one 27 February and the other 14 March.
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thumb|upright=1.25|Denarius depicting the helmeted head of Mars, with Victory driving a biga on the reverse (issued 88 BC by [[Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Clodianus)]] The Equirria (also as Ecurria, from equicurria, "horse races") were two ancient Roman festivals of chariot racing, or perhaps horseback racing, held in honor of the god Mars, one 27 February and the other 14 March.
==Site== The Equirria took place in the Campus Martius outside the sacred boundary of Rome (pomerium). The exact course is debated: perhaps near the Altar of Mars in the campus; or on the Tarentum, the site of the ludi tarentini, which became the Saecular Games; or the Trigarium. When the Tiber flooded, the Equirria were transferred to the Campus Martialis on the Caelian Hill, a field without permanent structures.