Infamia was a form of censure more disgraceful than ignominia, which in its technical sense resulted from the censors' nota censoria, a figurative branding or marking of a citizen that included removal from the senate or other reduction of status.
[6] Iniuria (from which English "injury" derives) was a broad category for a wrongful act that could be penalized by infamia, including bodily harm and damage against property or reputation,[7] as well as "affronts to decency" and what would now be called sexual harassment.
[13] The collective infamia of stage performers, prostitutes, and gladiators arose from the uses to which they put their bodies: by subjecting themselves to public display, they had surrendered the right of privacy and bodily integrity that defined the citizen.
Charioteers may or may not have been infames; two jurists of the later Imperial era argue that athletic competitions were not mere entertainment but "seem useful" as instructive displays of Roman strength and virtus.
[15] The low status of those who competed in public games in Rome stands in striking contrast to athletics in Greece, where Olympic victors enjoyed high honors.