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2. Harpastum - Wikipedia

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   Harpastum, ancient Roman fresco. Harpastum, also known as harpustum, was a form of ball game played in the Roman Empire. The Romans also referred to it as the small ball game. The ball used was small (not as large as a follis, paganica, or football-sized ball) and hard, probably about the size and solidity of a softball and

3. Trigon (game) - Wikipedia

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   Depiction of a game of trigon (1885). Trigon was a form of ball game played by the ancient Romans. [1] [2] The name derives from the Greek τρίγωνος (trigōnos, "three-cornered, triangular"), [3] and may have been a romanized version of a Greek game called τρίγων (trigōn). [4]

4. Toys and games in ancient Rome - Wikipedia

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   Marble relief (2nd century AD) of Roman children playing ball games: the girl at the far right is tossing a ball in the air [1] The ancient Romans had a variety of toys and games. Children used toys such as tops, marbles, wooden swords, kites, [2] whips, seesaws, dolls, chariots, and swings. Gambling and betting were popular games in ancient Rome.

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6. Follis (ball) - Wikipedia

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   Palestra, or exercise yard, in Pompeii— a venue for follis games, among other pursuits . Follis (a term used in Ancient Rome), or Ball of wind (pilota de vent in Catalan), a term used in the 15th and 16th centuries in Spain and Italy, [1] was a hollow ball inflated with air under pressure, able to jump and bounce when impacting at a certain speed with any solid body. [2]

7. History of games - Wikipedia

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   In Ancient Greece and in the Roman Empire, popular games included ball games (Episkyros, Harpastum, Expulsim Ludere – a kind of handball), dice games (Tesserae), knucklebones, Bear games, Tic-tac-toe (Terni Lapilli), Nine men's morris (mola) and various types of board games similar to checkers. Both Plato and Homer mention board games called ...

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9. Balloon (game) - Wikipedia

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   Ball game in progress. Balloon, baloun, balloon-ball or wind-ball is a game similar to the modern game of volleyball, in which a leather ball is batted by the fist or forearm to prevent it from touching the ground. The game was played in ancient Rome where it was known as follis, the Latin word for a leather bag.