Roman Empire Fan loyalty was fierce and at times erupted into sports riots. Racing was perilous, but charioteers were among the most celebrated and well-compensated athletes. One star of the sport was Diocles, from Lusitania (present-day Portugal), who raced chariots for 24 years and had career earnings of 35 million sesterces. Horses had their fans too, and were commemorated in art and inscriptions, sometimes by name. The design of Roman circuses was developed to assure that no team had an unfair advantage and to minimize collisions ("naufragia," "shipwrecks"), which were nonetheless frequent and spectacularly satisfying to the crowd. The races retained a
What They Had December 2017, it was reported that Danny Mulhern would compose the film's score. In May 2017, Bleecker Street acquired domestic distribution rights to the film. It had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2018. "What They Had" was initially scheduled for release on March 16, 2018, but was pushed back to October 19, 2018. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 88% based on 81 reviews, with a weighted average of 7.2/10. The website's critical consensus reads, ""What They Had" finds laughter and tears in its portrait of a