THE ARCHITECTURE AND EMERGENCE HISTORY OF SPORT BUILDINGS ATANCIENT TIMES
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Sport competitions, game arenas, stadium, temple, gymnasium, sport buildings, ancient timeAbstract
The article provides information on the emergence history and architecture of the sport
buildings at the ancient Greek and Roman cities, and information on the construction of the Milet and
Prien sport objects (gymnasium, temples and stadiums). The architectural sources of sports buildings
in Europe date back to the ancient times of Greece and Rome, while the development of the principles
of sports games went parallel to their social development throughout the millennial history of
European nations.The historical fate of the Greek and Roman states had a significant impact on the
construction of sports buildings in ancient Greek and ancient Roman cities. During the Hellenistic
period, physical training and sports competitions served to develop a person's physical capabilities as
well as his mental abilities. In ancient times, objects that served for games and sports competitions
had religious significance and gave us an imagination to understand the power of nature. For example,
among the Indians, the disk symbolized the sun and was an attribute of the God Vishnu; In the Aztecs,
the ball game was an allegory of the struggle between night and day, darkness and light, and the
playground symbolized the sky, and the ball illustrated the universe.
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