Gaius appuleius diocles biography of rory
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Gaius
Ga·ius
(gā′əs, gī′-) also Ca·ius(kā′-, kī′-) fl. ad 130-180.Roman jurist whose chief work, the Institutes, is a major source of information on Roman law.
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Gaius
(ˈɡaɪəs) orCaius
1. (Biography) ?110–?180 ad, Roman jurist. His Institutes were later used as the basis for those of Justinian
2. (Biography) Gaius Caesar. See Caligula
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Ga•ius
(ˈgeɪ əs)n.
a.d. c110–c180, Roman jurist and writer on civil law.
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Old Romans make Rory look cheap.
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Apparently it's nothing new - the highest earning sportsman in history was Roman chariot racer Gaius Appuleius Diocles in the first century AD.
The Spanish ace pocketed 35,863,120 sesterces - around [euro]12billion in modern money - by the age of 42.
The sum makes Rory McIlroy's $200million Nike deal look like chicken feed.
The prize money up for grabs this week at Galway is around [euro]1.6million - old Diocles wouldn't have got into his chariot for that.
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