[wideawake]

The point was evil intent, not the level of danger.

The purpose of the sport was to get to finish line fastest - not to maim or kill.

This took place in an age when most people had pretty dangerous jobs.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

You think the other drivers didn't have evil intent when they tried to force the other driver off the track, struck at their eyes with whips, jammed a stick in their wheel and so on and so forth?

The purpose of the sport was to get to finish line fastest - not to maim or kill.

Maiming or killing the other drivers and their animals was a good way of getting to the finish line the fastest.

Sorry but the gentle sport of chariot racing was every bit as much a brutal blood sport as the rest of the games.