Combat Sports in the Ancient World
Subtitle: Competition, Violence, and Culture (Sports and History Series)
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: April 26, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9780300063127
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: BCE to c 500 CE; Combat sports & self-defence; European history: BCE to c 500 CE; Social history; Violence in society; Combat Sports; Sociology Of Sports; History - General History; History: World; Ancient Greece; Ancient Rome; Middle East; General; Martial Arts & Self-Defense; History / General
First sentence: Frenzied crowds at sporting events are familiar enough, but other elements in this third-century description might well cause the modern reader to recoil in horror.