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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 was stuffed with ...
The main sports in ancient Rome were: pankration, wrestling, boxing, running, javelin throw, discus throw, and shot put, which were modeled after Ancient Greece. The conception of sports in Ancient Rome, however, did not reflect the Greek culture's predilection for nonprofessional athletic activities, for agons (ἀγῶνες), bloodless ...
Ancient Roman games festivals (8 P) G. Gladiatorial combat (3 C, 15 P) S. Ancient Roman sports (7 P) Pages in category "Sport in ancient Rome"
Ancient Rome portal; Pages in category "Ancient Roman sports" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Naumachia (detail): an imaginative recreation by Ulpiano Checa, first exhibited in 1894.. The naumachia (in Latin naumachia, from the Ancient Greek ναυμαχία / naumachía, literally "naval combat") in the Ancient Roman world referred to both the staging of naval battles as mass entertainment, and the basin or building in which this took place.
~100 BCE — in ancient Rome, boxing was primarily a gladiatorial contest; gladiators wore lead cestae over their knuckles and heavy leather straps on their forearms for protection against blows. [4] ~400 CE — boxing apparently went into centuries-long decline after the rise of Christianity and the decline of the Roman Empire. [2]
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The ludi compitalicii ("crossroads games") were entertainments staged by the neighborhoods or community associations of Rome [14] in conjunction with the Compitalia, the new year festival held on movable dates between the Saturnalia and January 5 [15] in honor of the crossroads Lares.