Does anyone know of any evidence of pugilists having used halteres to fight with?
Gaius Gallus
Gaius Gallus
| Author | Comment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Gaius Valerius Gallus |
Halteres |
Lead | |
|
Does anyone know of any evidence of pugilists having used halteres to fight with?
Gaius Gallus |
|||
KellyEGrant |
Halteres and Roman sport | ||
|
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.
|
|||