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These groups were organized by slightly curved carceres, including at a festival held a day before the Ides of March at the Campus Martius. People were organized according to these groups by Constantine Flavius to quickly repair the Theodosian Walls before Attila could siege Constantinople. A eunuch with a bag of gold appealed to agitated men associated with one of these groups to leave the coronation of Hypatius. (10[1])Gaius Appuleius Diocles earned enormous wealth as part of these groups, (10[1])who used a biga or quadriga. People changed (-5[1])from chanting the names of these groups to the word for “victory” during an event quelled by Narses; (10[1])that event was sparked by rivalry between these groups (10[1])called the Blues and Greens. (10[1])For 10 points, name these groups whose supporters sparked the Nika Riots while competing in the Hippodrome. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: chariot racing teams [accept horse racing teams; answers involving the supporters of chariot racing teams; accept chariot racing stables; accept demes or factiones; prompt on racing teams or sports fans or similar equivalents that do not mention chariots]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Chinmay MurthyTexas AUBC A6710
Andrew HarmsMichigan State AIowa A7810
Cormac BeirneSorbonneTexas A&M A86-5
Truman FillbrandtUW AClaremont A10410
Cameron WilliamsAppalachian StateIowa B11310
Rahul KumarRice ATexas A&M B11810
Deepak MuthyalaTexas A&M ASorbonne13610

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