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tzykanisterion (Gr****: τζυκανιστήριον) was a
stadium for
playing the
tzykanion (τζυκάνιον, the Gr**** name for Chovgan, from
Middle Persian čaukān, čōkān)...
- in Greece.
Byzantine nobles were
devoted to horsemanship,
particularly tzykanion, now
known as polo. The game came from S****anid Persia, and a Tzykanisterion...
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Translated by John Wortley. p. 190. [Alexander] came down to play ball (
tzykanion). A pain
arose in his
entrails which had been
overloaded with an excess...
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called it
tzykanion,
which derives from the
Middle Persian word.
During the
reign of
Theodosius II, the
Roman imperial court started playing tzykanion in the...
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Byzantine Empire at an
early date. A
tzykanisterion (stadium for
playing tzykanion, the
Byzantine name for polo) was
built by
Emperor Theodosius II (r. 408–450)...
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Little is
recorded of John's reign,
except that he died
while playing tzykanion, a
variant of polo
fashionable among the
Byzantine nobility, when he fell...
- June 6 –
Emperor Alexander III dies of
exhaustion while playing the game
tzykanion (Byzantine name for polo). He is
succeeded by his 8-year-old
nephew Constantine...
- June 6 –
Emperor Alexander III dies of
exhaustion while playing the game
tzykanion (Byzantine name for polo). He is
succeeded by his 8-year-old
nephew Constantine...
