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Martial arts

Earliest sources of martial arts traditions date to Ancient Greece

7th Century BC
Greece

In Europe, the earliest sources of martial arts traditions date to Ancient Greece. Boxing, wrestling, and pankration were represented in the Ancient Olympic Games. The Romans produced gladiatorial combat as a public spectacle.


Pankratiasts fighting under the eyes of a judge. Side B of a Panathenaic prize amphora, c. 500 BC
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