Does anyone know of any evidence of pugilists having used halteres to fight with?
Gaius Gallus
Gaius Gallus
Halteres
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Posts: 3 (03/23/04 22:03:23) Tiro |
There is no evidence that I know of to show that halteres were ever used in anything other than the long jump (or a form of it, exactly how the hop-skip-jump worked with the halteres is debated). I've not come across any written source, or Roman image,that shows halteres in connection with boxing.
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