WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -We also hear from inscriptions of the enormous popularity of individual charioteers, who often became the superstars of their day. By far the most famous and successful charioteer raced during the reigns of Hadrian and Antoninus Pius in the 2nd century AD.

Detailed explanation-2: -harmatodromia, Latin: ludi circenses) was one of the most popular ancient Greek, Roman, and Byzantine sports. In Greece, chariot racing played an essential role in aristocratic funeral games from a very early time.

Detailed explanation-3: -for the Greens winner 1025 times, Flavius Scorpus, winner 2048 times, and Pompeius Musclosus, winner 3550 times. Those three charioteers won 6, 652 times and won the 50, 000 purse 28 times, but Diocles, the greatest charioteer ever, won the 50, 000 purse 29 times in 1, 462 wins.

Detailed explanation-4: -Chariot racing was so popular that even after Imperial Rome fell in 476 A.D., the sport continued for a while, with the city’s new barbarian rulers continuing to hold races.

Detailed explanation-5: -Diocles. The greatest charioteer of the ancient world and the wealthiest sportsmen ever was Gaius Appuleius Diocles, who lived in the second century CE. Diocles won 1, 462 of 4, 257 races, and more importantly, retired in good health, which was a rarity in this dangerous sport.