CHARIOTS were sometimes consecrated to the sun; and it is related in Scripture that Josiah burnt those which had been offered to the sun by the kings, his predecessors. This superstitious custom was an imitation of the heathens, and principally of the Persians, who had horses and chariots consecrated in honour of the sun. Herodotus, Xenophon, and Quintus Curtius, speak of white chariots crowned, which, among the Persians, were consecrated to the sun, and drawn by white horses. Triumphal Chariot, was one of the principal ornaments of the Roman celebration of a victory. The Roman triumphal chariot was generally made of ivory, and round like a tower, or rather of a cylindrical figure. It was sometimes gilded at the top, and ornamented with crowns; and in short the utmost skill was employed to render it as splendid as possible. It was commonly drawn Charisius by four white horses; but also frequently by lions, elephants, tigers, bears, leopards, &c.