Rome's Chariot Superstar.2of2.Circus Maximus (2018, 1080p HD Documentary)

Rome’s Chariot Superstar: In 90 A.D., ancient Rome played host to a sporting spectacle that attracted crowds three times the size of the Colosseum’s gladiator games: chariot racing. Every week, 150,000 fans packed the massive Circus Maximus, not just to cheer on the speed, fury, and danger of the races, but to witness the champion charioteer, Flavius Scorpus. Examine his improbable rise from young slave to arguably the most successful competitor in the sports history.

Circus Maximus
Chariot racer Flavius Scorpus has won hundreds of races while watching his friends and rivals die on the track. Now, the stakes, and the risks, are about to escalate as the charioteer performs on the greatest racetrack in the Roman Empire: Circus Maximus. Follow Scorpus as he out-muscles vicious competition, earns a fortune, and becomes a hero to hundreds of thousands of adoring fans. Recent excavations and exhilarating recreations bring the races, and the era, vividly back to life.

Features: Mike Loades (Chariot Historian)
Dr. Lucy Grig (University of Edinburgh)
Dr. Jerry Toner (University of Cambridge)
Dr. Carolyn Willekes (Mount Royal University)

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