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Venatio (Beast Hunts) Date Started: 2nd century BC Date Ended: 6th century AD Region: ๐ Ancient Rome Equipment: Weapons such as spears, swords, and nets; protective gear for hunters How To Win: Successfully kill or subdue the wild beasts released
Sport: โ๏ธ Naumachia (Simulated Naval Battles) Date Started: 46 BC Date Ended: Declined after the 3rd century AD Region: ๐ Ancient Rome Equipment: Replica ships, weapons (swords, spears, etc.), and armor How To Win: Destroy or capture the enemy ships, achi
Sport: โ๏ธ Gladiatorial Games Date Started: 264 BC Date Ended: 5th century AD (gradually declined after the rise of Christianity) Region: ๐ Ancient Rome Equipment: Various weapons (swords, tridents, nets, etc.), armor, shields How To Win: Defeat your oppon
Sport: ๐ก๏ธ Krypteia Date Started: Ancient Sparta (exact date unknown, but practiced during the classical period, 5th-4th century BC) Date Ended: Declined with the fall of Spartan dominance Region: ๐ Ancient Sparta, Greece Equipment: Basic survival gear, of
Sport: ๐๏ธ Roman Chariot Racing Date Started: Around the 6th century BC Date Ended: 6th century AD (declined with the fall of the Western Roman Empire) Region: ๐ Ancient Rome Equipment: ๐๏ธ Chariots, ๐ horses, protective gear for drivers How To Win: Complet
Sport: ๐ฅ Pankration Date Started: 648 BC (introduced in the 33rd Olympiad) Date Ended: Continued until the late antiquity period Region: ๐ Ancient Greece Equipment: ๐ Bare hands, minimal protective gear How To Win: Force your opponent to submit or incapac
Sport: ๐ Jousting Date Started: Early Middle Ages (around the 11th century AD) Date Ended: Declined in popularity by the 17th century AD Region: ๐ Europe (especially popular in France, England, and Germany) Equipment: ๐ Lances, ๐ก๏ธ armor, ๐ horses, shields
Sport: โฝ Mesoamerican Ballgame (ลllamaliztli) Date Started: Around 1400 BC Date Ended: Continued in various forms, with peak during the Classic period (250-900 AD) Region: ๐ Mesoamerica (Including areas of present-day Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras,
