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In ancient Rome, did athletes compete in the nude?

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To summerize, then, what few Greek-influenced sports (such as the falsely-named Graeco-Roman wrestling) were indeed practiced in the original Greek tradition, which was in the nude, but for the most part sports in Rome (or what passed for sports in their eyes) was conducted with some clothing on. read more

That really depends on the sport. One thing to keep in mind is that sports in Rome were not the same, nor thought of along the same lines, as sports in Greece. read more