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![Athletics, Leisure, and Entertainment in Ancient Rome](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/2425.jpg?v=1713710343)
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Athletics, Leisure, and Entertainment in Ancient Rome
Although much of ancient Roman life revolved around negotium (work and business), there was also time available for otium (leisure). Ranging from swimming to playing board games to attending theatre performances, athletics and forms of entertainment...
![Cynisca of Sparta](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/7689.jpg?v=1718938023)
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Cynisca of Sparta
Cynisca of Sparta (b. c. 440 BCE) was a Spartan royal princess who became the first female Olympic champion. Defying the traditional role of women in ancient Greece, she competed in the Olympic Games alongside the men and won. Her triumph...
![Boxing in the Roman Empire](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/8201.jpg?v=1716432843)
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Boxing in the Roman Empire
Boxing is one of the oldest sports in the world that is still practiced today. Included in the original athletic contests of the Olympic Games, pugilism or boxing was well known and loved by the ancient Greeks and Romans. The style used in...
![Ancient Greek Music](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/708.jpg?v=1713838446)
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Ancient Greek Music
Music (or mousike) was an integral part of life in the ancient Greek world, and the term covered not only music but also dance, lyrics, and the performance of poetry. A wide range of instruments was used to perform music which was played...
![Greek Colonization](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/2600.jpg?v=1723429445)
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Greek Colonization
From around 800 BCE, ancient Greek city-states, most of which were maritime powers, began to look beyond Greece for land and resources. As a consequence, they founded colonies across the Mediterranean. Trade was usually the first step in...
![Ancient Greek Literature](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/1295.jpg?v=1717480869)
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Ancient Greek Literature
Greek literature has influenced not only its Roman neighbors to the west but also countless generations across the European continent. Greek writers are responsible for the introduction of such genres as poetry, tragedy, comedy, and western...
![Ancient Greek Society](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/5080.jpg?v=1723927749)
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Ancient Greek Society
Although ancient Greek Society was dominated by the male citizen, with his full legal status, right to vote, hold public office, and own property, the social groups which made up the population of a typical Greek city-state or polis were...
![Cultural Links between India & the Greco-Roman World](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/14368.png?v=1726037045)
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Cultural Links between India & the Greco-Roman World
Cyrus the Great (558-530 BCE) built the first universal empire, stretching from Greece to the Indus River. This was the famous Achaemenid Empire of Persia. An inscription at Naqsh-i-Rustam, the tomb of his able successor Darius I (521-486...
![Ancient Greek Dance](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/12861.jpg?v=1712030283)
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Ancient Greek Dance
In ancient Greece, dance had a significant presence in everyday life. The Greeks not only danced on many different occasions, but they also recognized several non-performative activities such as ball-playing or rhythmic physical exercise...
![Greek Architecture](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/384.jpg?v=1723221554)
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Greek Architecture
Greek architecture is concerned with simplicity, proportion, perspective, and harmony in buildings. Greek architecture includes some of the finest and most distinctive buildings ever built. Examples of Greek architecture include temples...