The Victor's Crown: A History of Ancient Sport from Homer to Byzantium
- ISBN-10
- 0199842736
- ISBN-13
- 9780199842735
- Series
- The Victor's Crown
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 416
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press on Demand
- Author
- David Potter
Description
Details the role of sports in the classical world from early Greece through the late Roman and early Byzantine empires.
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- 2012-06-07
- 352 pages
- Paperback
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- 2011-10-28
- 448 pages
- Ebook
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