The latest version of the Italian sports encyclopedia acknowledged that Greece has been including the "basic elements", including football, but the Greeks called this movement for the snatch activities. However, it is the Romans makes football gained popularity because of the decline of the Greek Empire, the Romans took over the site of the Greeks. The football become a sport of the Romans.
Meaning of "football" in Latin competition. Game, the football was thrown to the air, two teams began to try to play, throw a ball or carry the ball went to the opponents' goal line. In the game, grab movements and jumps a lot of athletes kept running back and forth inside the stadium. It is said that the Romans football cabbage size football made of horse hair and other animal hair, senior football is made of virgin soft hair.
Obviously, this football Romans invented in England, William Webb Ellis in 2000 after football game is quite different. Because the salient features of the rugby athletes holding the ball flew on the pitch. Moreover, the 1823 invention of rugby from now, only 100 years of history. Now, the Italian sports encyclopedia the final nail. It said the soldiers are the most popular pastimes in the era of Caesar the Roman legions, the game is. It is Italian in the middle of the 1st century BC to the sport introduced to the modern football the birthplace of the British.
Some chroniclers have argued that the Roman legions were massacred British head to a football match as the ball. This game is really inhumane. However, after the departure of the Romans, football in the British Isles have been handed down. At that time, the British use of animals in the bladder as a football. The Middle Ages, football is very popular in the United Kingdom, that King Edward III to Elizabeth I, Britain had prohibited this evil entertainment, because this movement so that young men no longer focus on such like archery military sports activities. Later, the British every penitent football matches are held on Tuesday, to commemorate the day of the third century AD, the Romans eventually left the British Isles. Statement in accordance with the Italian sports encyclopedia, not only the status of the Chinese invention of ancient football is thoroughly shaken, and the long-term argument for the British invented modern football has also been a lot of skepticism.
British "The Times" recently published an article entitled "Who invented football" article. The article said that in the three sports of football, basketball and baseball, the retrospective of the history of basketball is the most easy. In 1891, James Smith, teachers in Springfield, Massachusetts, invented basketball in the local university. The search for baseball when and where the invention will be having some trouble. However, people generally believe that, from 1839 to 1845, the eastern United States, New York and New Jersey invented baseball.
Each student in the UK are aware, the Romans taught we how to build a bathroom, roads, central heating and brewing wine. Perhaps they do not know, Julius Caesar, also taught the British how to play football.
Cuju was a serious challenge
The origins of football this widespread movement in the world today has been a controversial issue. Some scholars said that the fertile land of ancient Egypt along the Nile is the natural course of the ancient, nurturing the world's oldest football player. Some experts claim that the ancient football was invented in China in 300 BC, was called Cuju. The earliest records show that in 1697 BC, the Chinese Yellow Emperor invented Cuju movement. Here take time to kick action, Ju refers to a football made of animal skin and hair. Irish legend has it that, was first invented football should be Irish. In addition to China, Egypt and Ireland, Japan, Greece, Rome and England wants the crown of the football inventor worn on the top of his head.
However, Italy is not only to act as the inventor of the ancient football, but also the birthplace of modern football moved from England to the Apennine peninsula. Recently published by the Italian authority of sports Encyclopedia of certainty that, even if Rome was not the ancient birthplace of football, at least as ancient and modern football was first popular. The encyclopedia of Italy also took out the mural proved the 1st century AD when the Roman legions Caesar has football as entertainment of the army, the old paintings in the tomb of Ai Sikui Rini has provided sufficient proof. According to Italy's claims, whether China first invented and popular position to promote the sport are a serious challenge.
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