Sport in ancient times
| 1. Verfasser: |
Crowther, Nigel B.
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Westport, Conn. :
Praeger Publishers,
2007.
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| Umfang/Format: |
xxiii, 183 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Schriftenreihe: |
Praeger series on the ancient world
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| Online Zugang: |
Table of contents only |
Inhaltsangabe:
- 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.
