Fuscus (charioteer)
Fuscus was a slave and an extremely successful charioteer in the first half of the 1st century. He belonged to the green party (factio prasina) and had an impressive racing record until his death at the age of 24. He was the first competitor ( cursor ) to win his first chariot race in 35. Fuscus was successful in 53 races in Rome and twice outside the city in the Circus der Arvalen, in honor of the goddess Dea Dia , and once in the Circus of Bovillae. In at least one race, which ended in a draw and therefore had to be restarted ( revocatus ), he was awarded the palm of victory.
literature
- Norbert Hanel - Àngel Morillo Cerdàn: Artistic riders (cursores, desultores) in small Roman sculptures. To identify a type of statuette , ed. Schnell and Steiner, Rome 2013, 339–354, here p. 343
Web links
- The Formula 1 of antiquity . A documentary from the Terra X series
Remarks
- ^ Harold Arthur Harris: Sport in Greece and Rome, XI The Organization of Roman Racing , ed. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York 1972, 193-213, here p. 206
- ↑ CIL 06, 33950
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SURNAME | Fuscus |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman charioteer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century |
DATE OF DEATH | 1st century |