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From gladiators to mock naval battles, what were the major sports events in the ancient world?

  • Written by Konstantine Panegyres, Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, The University of Western Australia
From gladiators to mock naval battles, what were the major sports events in the ancient world?An artistic depiction of the sprint in armour at the ancient Greek games.O. KuilleInternet Archive Book Images, No restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY

The ancient Athenian writer Isocrates (436-338 BC) once commented:

Many cities judge those who excel in the athletic contests to be worthy of greater rewards than those who, by painstaking...

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