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
Lusitania (1805 ship) Guinea. In November 1828 she was at Saint George's Channel, where she encountered many "old friends" among the locals, suggesting that she had been that way before. On 2 February she spoke "Cyrus". Nine days later "Lusitania" was at Carteret Bay, where she traded with islanders who had come some distance overland to trade a hog for an old whaling lance. "Lusitania" was again at Coupang on 27 April. By 1829 illness aboard "Lusitania" was so bad that she had to return home. She returned via Delagoa Bay and the Cape of Good Hope. She returned to Britain on 26