Maps
Preface
Then and Now
Part 1: Ashes, Linen and the Origins of Sport
1. Introduction
2. Homer and the Bronze Age
3. Homer and Sport
Part 2: Olympia
4. From Myth to History
5. Olympia in 480 BC
6. The Olympic Games of 476 BC
7. The
Festival Approaches
8. Winning
The Equestrian Events
The Pentathlon and the Foot Races
Nudity
Pain and Suffering
9. Remembering Victory
The Athlete as Hero
10. The Emergence of the Panhellenic Cycle 98
Part 3: The World of the Gynmasium
11. Sport and
Civic Virtue
12. Beroia
13. Getting in Shape and Turning Pro
Part 4: Roman Games
14. Greece Meets Rome
15. Kings and Games
16. Rome and Italy
17. Actors and Gladiators
18. Caesar, Antony, Augustus and the Games
Part 5: Imperial Games
19.
Watching
20. The Fan's Experience
21. Expectations
22. Crowd Noise
23. Dreaming of Sport
24. Images of Sport
25. Women's Sports
26. Participating
Life as a Gladiator
Training and Ranking
Dying
Choosing to be a Gladiator
27. Charioteers
28.
Athletes
Athletic Guilds
Cheating
29. Local Games
Administration
Athletics
Epilogue: The Long End of an Era
Bibliography
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David Potter is Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Greek and Latin in the Department of Classical Studies at the University of Michigan. He is the author of Ancient Rome: A New History and Emperors of Rome as well as two forthcoming OUP titles, Constantine the Emperor and Theodora.
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