Flavillianus excelled at two sports, wrestling and pankration, winning victories in Athens, Argos and Neapolis. Both of these sports have roots in ancient Greece. [CREDIT: Timothy R. Nichols | Shutterstock]
A new inscription reveals that a Roman city in Turkey, Oinoanda, turned to a mixed martial art champion named Lucius Septimius Flavianus Flavillianus to recruit and deliver soldiers for the empire's army. It is written in Greek. [CREDIT: Photo by Nicholas Milner, British Institute at Ankara]
Ioannus Claudius Vandamicus?
In WWII Uncle Sam used all sorts of celebrities, athletes and movies stars alike, to sell war bonds and drum up support for the military.
“His name was Lucius Septimius Flavianus Flavillianus”
Which has long since been americanized to “Chuck Norris”
As long as John Bones Jones knocks out Rayshaud Evans, I just don’t care. I wouldn’t be terribly upset if Evans is too egotistical to tap and get’s a broken something for his trouble. Pankration sounds less like a technique and more like a disorder.
No eye gouging and no biting. One wonders why they even bothered to have those two rules, given what else would’ve been allowed.
Interesting, though. I’d never heard of Pankration.
