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The benefits of empire? Roman charioteers earned far more than even the best-paid footballers and international sports stars of today, according to academic research. "One charioteer, named Gaius Appuleius Diocles, amassed a fortune 35,863,120 sesterces in prize money ”“ the equivalent of $15 billion (£9.6 billion), claims Peter Struck, a professor of classical studies."
