• Rome's Chariot Superstar

    Documentary
    2019
    1 Season
    TV-PG
    Now Streaming
    Examine the Roman Empire's most popular sport and the rise of the world's greatest charioteer.

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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 sport's history.
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