The historian Livy wrote of Greek athletes’ appearing in Rome as early as 186 bce; however, the contestants’ nudity stunned Roman moralists. The emperor Augustus instituted the Actian Games in 27 bce to rejoice his victory above Antony and Cleopatra, and several other of his successors started similar game titles, https://oncaz87.ampedpages.com/an-unbiased-view-of-sports-55753583