How did the rewards of athletic competition change over the years? How did it change who could compete?
What kinds of honors did Olympic winners receive?

whole lotta ptsd going on

honestly you should get that checked out because it really isn't normal

the romans were initially interested in expansion via sicily (which at that time was a cultural melting pot), part of which lay under carthaginian control. at the start of the first punic war (264-241 bc), carthage was the dominant power of the western mediterranean, with an extensive maritime empire