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Combat Sports in the Ancient World : Competition, Violence, and Culture (Sports and History Series)
Combat Sports in the Ancient World Competition Violence and Culture - Sports and History Series
Author: Michael Poliakoff
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, and pankration, Michael B. Poliakoff discusses such topics as the function of competition and violen...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780300063127
ISBN-10: 0300063121
Publication Date: 4/26/1995
Pages: 220
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Publisher: Yale University Press
Book Type: Paperback
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