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date: 23 May 2025

factions 

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The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity
Author(s):
Richard LimRichard Lim

The circus factions in the Later Roman Empire evolved from stable-based organizations of chariot-owners in the early Principate into organizations run by charioteers and then into broader-based institutions comprising performers and partisans in the hippodrome and theatre (as depicted on the base of the ... ...

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