A boxer-puncher is a well-rounded boxer who is able to fight at close range with a combination of technique and power, often with the ability to knock opponents out with a combination and in some inst ...
See also Ancient Greek boxingThe earliest known depiction of boxing comes from a Sumerian relief from the 3rd millennium BC. Later depictions from the 2nd millennium BC are found in reliefs from the M ...
Main article: Wrestling historyWrestling represents one of the oldest forms of combat. Literary references to it occur as early as in the Iliad, in which Homer recounts the Trojan War of the 13th or 1 ...
Animals use a wide variety of anatomical adaptations for jumping. These adaptations are exclusively concerned with the launch, as any post-launch method of extending range or controlling the jump must ...
All jumping involves the application of force against a substrate, which in turn generates a reactive force that propels the jumper away from the substrate. Any solid or liquid capable of producing an ...
Main article: GarumThe ancient Romans were known for their fish sauce, which was distinctive in ancient Roman cuisine. It could be used as a seasoning during cooking, used in place of salt; as a table ...
Traditionally in the morning, a breakfast called the ientaculum was served at dawn. At around 11:00 am, Romans ate a small lunch, and in the evening, they consumed the cena, the main meal of the day. ...
Descended from a family of equestrian rank, Pomponius was born and raised in Rome, the son of Titus Pomponius and wife Caecilia Metella. As a young man, he was educated together with Cicero, Lucius To ...
Guglielmo Ferrero (Italian pronunciation: ; July 21, 1871 — August 3, 1942) was an Italian historian, journalist and novelist, author of the Greatness and Decline of Rome (5 volumes, published after ...
Mommsen was born in Garding in Schleswig in 1817, and grew up in Bad Oldesloe, where his father was a Lutheran minister. He studied mostly at home, though he attended the gymnasium Christianeum in Alt ...
The CIL collects all Latin inscriptions from the whole territory of the Roman Empire, ordering them geographically and systematically. The earlier volumes collected and published authoritative version ...
See also: Roman senate, Senate of the Roman Kingdom, Senate of the Roman Republic and Senate of the Roman EmpireThe Roman senate was the most permanent of all of Rome's political institutions. It was ...
Toynbee's ideas also feature in the Ray Bradbury short story named "The Toynbee Convector". He appears alongside T. E. Lawrence as a character in an episode of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, deal ...
Toynbee (born in London on 14 April 1889) was the grandson of Joseph Toynbee, nephew of the 19th-century economist Arnold Toynbee (1852–1883) and descendant of prominent British intellectuals for sev ...
Writers have described Mommsen's history as transformative of prior works on ancient Rome. He employed new sources, e.g., ancient inscriptions, in order to gain new insights. He also wrote in a new fa ...
