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Harpastum, also
known as harpustum, was a form of ball game pla**** in the
Roman Empire. The
Romans also
referred to it as the
small ball game. The ball...
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later adopted by the Romans, who
renamed and
transformed it into
harpastum. "
Harpastum" is the
latinisation of the
Ancient Gr**** aρπαστόν (harpastón),...
- language. The game may have
started as a
revival of the
Roman sport of
harpastum. It is
organised during the
celebrations of St. John the Baptist, with...
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Roman game
known as
harpastum,
which spread throughout their Empire,
include the
province of Britannia.
Athenaeus writes: "
Harpastum,
which used to be called...
- of football. Rome
adopted and
adapted many Gr**** sports,
introducing harpastum, a ball game
similar to soccer, and ludi circenses,
which included team...
- terracotta, and
especially bone and ivory. Ball
games include trigon and
harpastum.
People of all ages pla****
board games,
including latrunculi ("Raiders")...
- Athenaeus,
writing in 228 CE,
mentions the
Roman ball game
harpastum. Phaininda,
episkyros and
harpastum were pla****
involving hands and violence. They all appear...
- In reality, the
ancient Romans did play a game
resembling rugby called harpastum. Marzullo,
Benedetto (1997). "Apopudobalia (Der neue
Pauly I 895)". Quaderni...
- seen as a
modern interpretation of the
extinct Ancient Roman game of
harpastum. By 1927,
fascist propaganda actively promoted rugby,
which it referred...
- form of a triangle, and pla**** with the follis, and also one
known as
harpastum,
which seems to
imply a "scrimmage"
among several players for the ball...
