Gaius Appuleius Diocles
Gaius Appuleius Diocles (* 104 in Lusitania, † after 146 or 147 ) was a famous charioteer in ancient Rome in the first half of the 2nd century.
The native Lusitanian started to drive 122 for the white racing team at the age of 18 . 128 he switched to the Greens, 131 to the Reds, for whom he raced until he retired from racing at the age of 42. Diocles' career, in the course of which he competed in 4,257 races, lasted unusually long, as many charioteers lost their lives at an early age.
As a rule, Diocles drove four teams , most of his 1,462 victories he won from the top position. Allegedly, he won a total of almost 36 million sesterces as prize money - a sum with which the grain requirements of the city of Rome could have been covered for a whole year or the entire Roman army could have been paid for over two months. Peter Struck describes him as the “best paid athlete of all time”.
In Roman antiquity, athletes had their victories written on their tombstones like a record list, so that Diocles' successes have been passed down precisely. At Diocles, his two victories with the team of six - both endowed with 60,000 sesterces - were particularly emphasized, which he won in one day.
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literature
- Mark Golden: Sport in the Ancient World from A to Z. Routledge, London 2004, ISBN 978-0-415-24881-5 , p. 53.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Ralf Meile: Not CR7 or King Roger: Here he is the highest paid athlete in history . In: watson.ch . November 16, 2017 ( watson.ch [accessed November 16, 2017]).
- ↑ Arnd Krüger & Akira Ito: On the limitations of Eichberg's and Mandell's theory of sport and their quantification in view of chikaraishi. In: Stadion 3 (1977), 2, 244-252.
- ^ A. García y Bellido: El español C. Apuleius Diocles, el más famoso corredor de carros de la antigüedad. In: Citius-Altius-Fortius 14 (1972), 5-17.
- ↑ Dietrich Ramba: Determination of the formative traits in sport of Greco-Roman antiquity . Göttingen 2014, p. 138 ( online ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Diocles, Gaius Appuleius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Diocles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman charioteer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 104 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lusitania |
| DATE OF DEATH | 146 or 147 |