| Record Type: |
Language materials, printed
: Monograph/item
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| Title/Author: |
Sport in ancient times/ Nigel B. Crowther. |
| Author: |
Crowther, Nigel B. |
| Published: |
Westport, Conn. :Praeger Publishers, : 2007., |
| Description: |
xxiii, 183 p. :ill. ;24 cm. |
| [NT 15003449]: |
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. |
| Subject: |
Sports - History. - |
| Online resource: |
http://ebooks.abc-clio.com/?isbn=9780313051241An electronic book in the ABC-CLIO eBooks Online database, accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information. |
| ISBN: |
0275987396 (alk. paper) |