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Who is the richest sportsman of history ? |

Published in Italy - Social interactions and entertainment - 7 - 08 Jul 20 14:02

If you thought sportsmenlike Floyd  Mayweather, Cristiano Ronaldo, LeBron James, Roger Federer or Tiger Woods you are on the right track
but you havent reached the truth.
The richest sportsman of history was born about 1900 years ago and was called Gaius Appuleius Diocles.
He was a charioter from Portugal. He partecipated at about 4000 racing  winning about 1500 racing and placing on the podium for about another 1500 racing.
This is a particular case, because of the high possibility of death during this races.


His winning amount 35,863,120 sesterces,
equivalent to 2,600 kg of gold  with an estimated
value of over 15 billion dollars at the 2011 values.
This make him in all respects the
highest paid sporstsmen in history.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Gaius_Appuleius_Diocles.jpg/220px-Gaius_Appuleius_Diocles.jpg
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Comments (7)

08 Jul 20 14:22
Enrico

Cristiano ronaldo is the best, he is a war machine.

08 Jul 20 14:24
Mario Draghi

Enrico.... Messi * am I a joke for you?*

08 Jul 20 14:36
Nicco12

I also follow football and my favourite footballer is Ciccio Caputo:)

08 Jul 20 16:21
Bikkin

Was he a Macedonian?

08 Jul 20 16:32
Nicco12

He was born in the territories of present-day Portugal

08 Jul 20 23:36
Alex95

Damn thats a lot!

18 Jul 20 15:27
spage

haha what a legend