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=__Chariot Races/Circus Maximus__ =

== __**T**____**he Most Recognized Charioteer**__ Gaius Appuleius Diocles was most recognized for competing in about 4257 races. He had 1437 wins in second place, and 1462 wins in first while he was chariot racing. He started out on White team at age eighteen, but then switched to Green team six years later at the age of twenty-four. Three years later, he switched to the Red team at age twenty-seven until retirement.

Circus Maximuses took as long as it took for each chariot to finish the laps around the stadium, which was 656 feet wide, and 1,965 feet long. There were seven laps to do in Roman chariot races, but in Greece, chariots had to go around twelve laps. Groups of either two or four horses were usually used, and if charioteers wanted to show off skill, they used ten horses, which was extremely ridiculous...
 * __Circus Maximus Length__**

__**The Origin of the Circus Maximus**__ The Romans got the idea of chariot racing when they conquered Greece in 146 BC. It was yet another thing that the Romans got from the Greeks. In Greece chariot racing was was part of the Greek Olympics and competition. In Rome, though, they used it just for fun and entertainment. __**Teams**__ There were six teams in the Circus Maximus: Red, White, Blue, Green, Purple, and Gold team. Each team could have three chariots, and sometimes, one team worked together to make a person or people crash into a meta, or sharp turning point. Chariot drivers could change teams if they wanted to.

__**Charioteers**__ There were usually three people per team, which would be one on each chariot. Sometimes there are more than three per team because the chariots had two people. So, there would usually be at least eighteen or more people for every race, which makes it a little bit crowded during the races