num_pages: 48
description: The history of early athletics and competitive sports, from local city events to the Olympic games. In three sections , the book covers training, athletics, competitions and chariot racing, with a final chapter on the circus Maximus and the Colosseum in Rome.
language: English
title: Sporting Success in the Greek and Roman World
titlecomplete: Sporting Success in the Greek and Roman World (Archaeology, History, and Classical Studies)
publisher: Ashmolean Museum Publications