There is a story that Gaius Appuleius(sic) Diocles won almost 36 million sesterces in his career as a chariot driver in ancient Rome. It is calculated that this was enough to feed the entire Roman populace for one year. If that's true, then Gaius was even richer than the legendary Tiger Woods, recently named the first sports "billion dollar man".
I think it is grand that we are trying so hard to emulate the ancients. They were incredibly wise, except for that Slavery thing.
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Nice touch! Love to get this sort of detail. What is oil for us was slavery for Rome; don't like thinking of what will happen after all the oil runs out...
I feel we are in a chariot race against time, and Time - that cryptic Messala who betrays his friend, Ben Hur - is coming up fast.
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