Combat Sports in the Ancient World: Competition, Violence, and Culture by Michael B. Poliakoff

Sports and History

Combat Sports in the Ancient World: Competition, Violence, and Culture

Michael B. Poliakoff

220 pages paperback

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A leading authority on classical games here provides a comprehensive study of the practice of combat sports in the ancient civilizations of Greece, Rome, and the Near East. Describing and analyzing the sports of boxing, wrestling, stick-fighting, ...

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