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
RMS Lusitania arranged on the shelter, upper and main decks. Noted as being the prime breadwinner for trans-Atlantic shipping lines, third class aboard "Lusitania" was praised for the improvement in travel conditions it provided to emigrant passengers, and "Lusitania" proved to be a quite popular ship for immigrants. In the days before "Lusitania" and even still during the years in which "Lusitania" was in service, third class accommodation consisted of large open spaces where hundreds of people would share open berths and hastily constructed public spaces, often consisting of no more than a small portion of open deck space and a few