The Greco-Roman civilization (/ˌɡriːkoʊˈroʊmən, ˌɡrɛkoʊ-/; also Greco-Roman culture or Greco-Latin culture; spelled Graeco-Roman in British English), as...
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Magic in the Greco-Roman world – that is, ancient Greece, ancient Rome, and the other cultures with which they interacted, especially ancient Egypt –...
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Greco-Roman (American English), Graeco-Roman (British English), or classic wrestling (Continental English) is a style of wrestling that is practiced worldwide...
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Classical antiquity (redirect from History of the Greco-Roman World)
civilizations of ancient Greece and ancient Rome known together as the Greco-Roman world, centered on the Mediterranean Basin. It is the period during which...
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World or Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling. Greco-Roman wrestling competition was held at the first modern Olympics in 1896. The Greco-Roman...
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century and is one of the best preserved ancient theaters of the Greco-Roman world. With a diameter of 96 metres (315 ft), the theatre provided seating...
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The World/American Greco-Roman Heavyweight Championship and the World/European Greco-Roman Heavyweight Championship was a Greco-Roman professional wrestling...
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"Greco-Roman Wrestling World Cup Budapest 2006" (PDF). FILA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 April 2006. Retrieved 21 May 2020. "Greco-Roman World...
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Greco-Roman religion may refer to: Ancient Greek religion Hellenistic religion Mystery religions, initiatory cults of the Greco-Roman world Interpretatio...
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sacred mysteries or simply mysteries, were religious schools of the Greco-Roman world for which participation was reserved to initiates (mystai). The main...
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The World Wrestling Championships are the Greco-Roman Wrestling (men's, since 1904) and Freestyle Wrestling (men's since 1951 and women's since 1987)...
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Watermill (redirect from Watermill in the Greco-Roman world)
of water-power in many parts of the Roman Empire. The earliest turbine mill was found in Chemtou and Testour, Roman North Africa, dating to the late 3rd...
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Cambridge Economic History of the Greco-Roman World. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. Temin, Peter. The Roman Market Economy. Princeton: Princeton...
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ISBN 978-0719049767. Dickie, M. W. (2003). Magic and Magicians in the Greco-Roman World. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1134533367. Flint, V. I. J. (1991). The...
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leader Pericles in order to rebuild the Acropolis at the conclusion of the Greco-Persian Wars. These propylaea were built wide enough to allow chariots through...
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Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, took place on 6–7 August 2024 at the Grand Palais Éphémère in Champ...
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Classical mythology (redirect from Greco-Roman mythology)
known as Greco-Roman mythology or Greek and Roman mythology, is the collective body and study of myths from the ancient Greeks and ancient Romans. Mythology...
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Magic (supernatural) (redirect from Magic in the ancient world)
2004.45.8.8. Dickie, Matthew W. (2001). Magic and Magicians in the Greco-Roman World. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-24982-9. Gosden, Chris (2020)....
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Adultery (section Greco-Roman world)
the Greco-Roman world, there were stringent laws against adultery, but these applied to sexual intercourse with a married woman. In the early Roman Law...
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Isis (redirect from Greco-Roman cult of Isis)
in ancient Egyptian religion whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world. Isis was first mentioned in the Old Kingdom (c. 2686 – c. 2181 BCE)...
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In the Greco-Roman world, the grammarian (Latin: grammaticus) was responsible for the second stage in the traditional education system, after a boy had...
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part in Greco-Roman wrestling competition at the Olympics in 1912. The United States first appearance at the World Championships in Greco-Roman was in...
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Sceptre (section Greco-Roman world)
possess Etruscan sceptres of gold, elaborately and minutely ornamented. The Roman sceptre probably derived from the Etruscan. Under the Republic, an ivory...
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Olive branch (section In the Greco-Roman world)
olympic victors. The olive branch was one of the attributes of Eirene on Roman Imperial coins. For example, the reverse of a tetradrachm of Vespasian from...
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Men's Greco-Roman 87 kg competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, took place on 7–8 August 2024 at the Grand Palais Éphémère in Champ...
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Men's Greco-Roman 67 kilograms competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, took place on 7–8 August 2024 at the Grand Palais Éphémère in...
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Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, took place on 5–6 August 2024 at the Grand Palais Éphémère in Champ...
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Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, took place on 5–6 August 2024 at the Grand Palais Éphémère in Champ...
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Men's Greco-Roman 77 kg competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, took place on 6–7 August 2024 at the Grand Palais Éphémère in Champ...
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Solar deity (section Greco-Roman world)
introduced among Roman deities by the Sabines at the times of Titus Tatius. Copernicus describing the Sun mythologically, drawing from Greco-Roman examples:...
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