The Victor’s Crown: How the Birth of the Olympics and the Rise of The Roman Games Changed Sport For Ever
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Incorporating the latest research, The Victor’s Crown offers an analysis of how competitive sport emerged in Greece during the eighth century BC, and then how the great festival cycle of Classical Greece came into being during the sixth century BC. Special attention is paid to violent sports of boxing, wrestling and pancration. We meet the great athletes of the past and discover what it was that made them so great.It shows how the rise of the Roman Empire transforme… More >>

