No Gladiators or Quads: It Was One of the Most Popular Sports of the Roman Empire and It Lasts Almost Intact

When we imagined the sport that was practiced in the Roman Empire, we used to visualize exciting quad races or epic gladiator fights.But the Romans also practiced safer and less bloody sports with ball.One of the ones that has endured in the centuries is the handball.The Romans already entertained and exercised their bodies playing with ball long before the World Cup or the Grand Slams of tennis.The handball, or expulsionim ludere, was practiced…