During this time culture was rich and advanced knowledge in astronomy, architecture, engineering, agriculture, and construction.

  During this time society was marked by rigid class stratification; below the nobility and clergy were the peasants, who were divided into such ranks as freemen, villeins, serfs, and slaves.

During this time bullfighting was popular.

Dance was highly respected and was particularly used on occasions of celebration and triumph.

The time so-called Golden Age of Pericles.

Sport appears to have been part of daily life and to have occurred mainly when there were mass gatherings of people, such as the assembly of an army for war or the wedding or funeral of some great person age.

They developed the art of town planning and customarily made extensive provisions for parks and gardens, open-air theaters and gymnasiums, baths, exercise grounds, and stadiums.

During this time athletes performed as members of a specialized profession with unions, coaches, and training schools and with conditions of service accepted and approved by the emperor himself.

Priests built churches on existing shrines or temple sites, set Christian holy days according to the dates of pagan festivals, and used such elements of pagan worship as bells, candles, incense, singing, and dancing.

During this time gambling was popular, although forbidden by both ecclesiastical and royal authority.

Groups of female performers were attached to temples, and the royal houses had troupes of entertainers who performed on sacred or social occasions.

During this time popular recreation activities, are boxing, wrestling, archery, and a variety of table games.

“Purity of conduct” was insisted upon, which meant the forbidding of gambling, card playing, dancing, wearing of finery, singing of gay songs, feasting, drinking and there were to be no more festivals, no more theaters, no more ribaldry, no more light and disrespectful poetry or display. Works of art and musical instruments were removed from the churches.

Exercises and recreations during this time are running, wrestling, music, dancing, hunting, riding, and fencing will prove to be a good part of our study.

Character development belong to recreation?

Commercial belong to recreation?

Crime prevention belong to recreation?

Social activities belong to recreation?

Creative expression belong to recreation?

Democratic human relations belong to recreation?

Health and fitness belong to recreation?

Therapeutic recreation belong to recreation?

Musical activities belong to recreation?

Literacy and language belong to recreation?