Romans
...torial contests. Romans played a lot of sport. these are just the known and most common games and sporting activities. Which games were popular among the Romans? Ball playing was quite popular, they often spent their mornings exercising and playing ball games, on fields or on ball courts. Romans enjoyed ball games like handball, trigon, soccer, field hockey, harpasta, Phaininda, Episkyros, catch and other games that the children might invent such as Dodge ball. Gladiatorial contests were popular but not everyone did it. It was just amusing to watch. What happened in Gladiatorial contests? While Gladiators fight and kill each other, there were musicians playing in the background. Unarmed victims were fed to the animals for the occasion. Animals were cruelly beaten and encouraged to fight each other. It wasn’t only men that fought but women used to fight in public shows as well. A stone relief shows two female gladiators fighting with daggers in their hands. T...