{"product_id":"a-cultural-history-of-sport-in-antiquity-9781350460980","title":"A Cultural History of Sport in Antiquity","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Cultural History of Sport in Antiquity\u003c\/i\u003e covers the period 800 BCE to 600 CE. From the founding of the Olympics and Rome's celebratory games, sport permeated the cultural life of Greco-Roman antiquity almost as it does our own. Gymnasiums, public baths, monumental arenas, and circuses for chariot racing were constructed, and athletic contests proliferated. Sports-themed household objects were very popular, whilst the exploits of individual athletes, gladiators, and charioteers were immortalized in poetry, monuments, and the mosaic floors of the wealthy. This rich sporting culture attests to the importance of leisure among the middle and upper classes of the Greco-Roman world, but by 600 CE rising costs, barbarian invasions, and Christianity had swept it all away.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The 6 volume set of the \u003ci\u003eCultural History of Sport \u003c\/i\u003epresents the first comprehensive history from classical antiquity to today, covering all forms and aspects of sport and its ever-changing social, cultu\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49083878670679,"sku":"9781350460980","price":25.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350460980.jpg?v=1725550298","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-cultural-history-of-sport-in-antiquity-9781350460980","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}