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Sport in ancient times /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Crowther, Nigel B.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2007.
Series:Praeger series on the ancient world.
Subjects:
Sports > History.
Online Access:Table of contents only
Table of Contents:
  • The Far East : China, Japan, and Korea
  • The Middle East (excluding Egypt)
  • Egypt at the time of the Pharaohs
  • Minoan civilization
  • Mycenae and Homer
  • The ancient Olympic Games
  • Ancient Greek athletics
  • The Etruscans in ancient Italy
  • Roman games and Greek athletics
  • Roman recreations and physical fitness
  • Recreational areas in Rome : the baths and Campus Martius
  • Roman gladiators
  • Roman chariot racing
  • The Byzantine empire
  • Three sporting heroes of the ancient world
  • Women and sport : Atalanta and the "gladiator girl"
  • Greco-Roman ball games and team sports
  • Mesoamerican ball games.