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| c. 50 BC |
| | | Gladiators have metal studs on their boxing gloves, and a public bout is expected to go on until the loser dies | |
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| 23 BC |
| | | Sukune, according to tradition, wins the first sumo wrestling contest and becomes patron saint of the sport | |
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| 80 |
| | | The Colosseum is inaugurated by the emperor Titus with games lasting 100 days, in which some 9000 large animals are killed | |
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| 393 |
| | | The ancient games at Olympia, with an unbroken tradition of more than 1000 years, are brought to an abrupt end by the emperor Theodosius | |
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| c. 550 |
| | | Chess is first played at about this time, in India, before spreading west to Persia | |
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| 735 |
| | | Japanese tradition gives this as the year in which the game of I-go, known in the west as go, is introduced from China | |
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| c. 900 |
| | | Playing cards are in use in T'ang dynasty China. | |
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| c. 1250 |
| | | The Palio, in which horses race round the Campo in Siena, is held from this time | |
|  | The Palio in Siena
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| 1299 |
| | | Southampton boasts the earliest known bowling green, mentioned in a document of this year | |
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| c. 1425 |
| | | Packs of tarot playing cards are among the most popular products of Europe's first printing presses | |
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