Mémoires de champions

Greek-style artistic and sporting competitions (agōnes) reached a peak, in terms of numbers and geographical coverage, under the Roman High Empire. Musicians, runners and boxers travelled the length and breadth of the Mediterranean world, from Rome to Antioch and from Gaul to Africa, in the hopes of...

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מחבר ראשי: Strasser, Jean-Yves
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יצא לאור: École française d’Athènes 2022
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Mémoires de champions
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