THE ROLE OF PHYSICAL CULTURE AND SPORTS IN THE TRAINING OF MASS CONSCRIPTS IN THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE
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https://doi.org/10.24852/2587-6112.2020.6.165.178Keywords:
Byzantium, physical culture, sports, archery, wrestling, fistfight, pankration, petropolemos, ampraAbstract
The paper examines the role of physical culture and sports in the process of training Byzantine warriors in the Early and Middle Byzantine periods. Various types of sports games and competitions are considered - both for children and youth, by means of which pre-conscription training was provided, as well as military sports exercises and competitions in the Byzantine army. It is concluded that despite the elimination of the ancient system of palaestra and gymnasia, the mass physical training of Byzantine boys, adolescents and youth of military age in Byzantium was a profound and logical system aimed at the development of strong, courageous and tempered warriors. Its fundamental difference from the ancient period was that the primary physical education of children and adolescents was entrusted not to the state or community, but to the family. The task of the community was to create conditions for holding sports competitions, whereas the state was involved in the physical education of young men after they were included in military lists during maneuvers and military campaigns.
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