Primus Pilus Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 An Ancient training manual for Roman athletes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docoflove1974 Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 Can we have the same rules for some of our misbehaving athletes??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldrail Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 We might misbehave a bit more! Seriously though, the athletes of Rome haven't received much attention, I suppose because as lesser forms of life they don't warrant much attention. The flogging seems a bit harsh given the susceptibility of these men to injury, but then, as a deterrent and a motivational factor I guess it works! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klingan Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 I wish they would have given us some of the manual to read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryaxis Hecatee Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 We might misbehave a bit more! Seriously though, the athletes of Rome haven't received much attention, I suppose because as lesser forms of life they don't warrant much attention. The flogging seems a bit harsh given the susceptibility of these men to injury, but then, as a deterrent and a motivational factor I guess it works! You are very wrong saying that because many scholars have studied the athletes quite closely those last few years because of their professional organisation from the hellenistic times to the roman days, for they had built quite a powerfull guild with direct access to the Emperor for exemple. Unfortunately I don't have the references under hand but if I remember well Otto van Nees ( or something like that ) has just published a book on the subject and some of the conferences in the Brussel's 2007 seminary on the ancient professional associations were about the athletes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldrail Posted June 13, 2007 Report Share Posted June 13, 2007 You are very wrong saying that because many scholars have studied the athletes quite closely those last few years because of their professional organisation from the hellenistic times to the roman days, for they had built quite a powerfull guild with direct access to the Emperor for exemple. I stand corrected Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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