Greeks and Romans loved playing sports. They did a lots of important things when they played sports. Sports was popular When they played it. The Greeks olympics thought to begun in 776 BC. The games were held in honor of zeus. The king of the gods was staged everywhere. The olympics thought that winning athletes were heroes who put their home towns on the map. One young Athenian nobleman defended …show more content…
But greek sports had some other sports called rowing, sailing, weight lifting, basketball, soccer, volleyball, water polo, athletics and swimming. They had large stadiums that they played sports in. The athletes were recruited by criminals. Unlike Greek sports, Rome sports were heavily male chauvinists, boasting great strength and athleticism, while being brutally violent.The first sport Roman sports were played in wealthy people’ villa's, given the absence of large playing field at the time.These structures within villas were called gymnasia and palaestrae, again influenced by the Greeks. Often the rich hosted such spectator sports as a display of their wealth. One amphitheater that was excavated in present day london had chambers for wild animals and chapels for athletics to pray in before their battles, which often resulted in death. This particular amphitheater had a seating capacity of 6,000, which is amazing considering that the city where it was built had 20,000. The largest amphitheater is famous Colosseum, originally the Amphitheater Flavium. Located in the heart of rome, Colosseum is the ultimate product of Roman architect and engineering. Built under the emperor Vespasian, the mega-stadium housed 50,000 people. sporting event were free to public as a symbol of emperor’s power and authority. Animals shows were also popular with the