Shields come in all shapes and sizes and can be made out of anything from wood to Unobtainium to pure energy. Most fictional characters seem to find a BFS or Dual Wielding to be cooler, deciding that Shields Are Useless, but there are more than a few who swear by a shield to guard themselves. Knights are known for carrying large kite shields with their heraldry brightly emblazoned on them, and the Phalanx of the Greeks and Romans uses walls of shields to protect soldiers. Historically, shields are a staple of pre-gunpowder warfare note And not unknown in the modern age, either., carried in a warrior's off-hand to guard his vital organs and help protect against arrows and melee weapons. After all, the record may have stood for 2,168 years, but there were no games for 1,500 years.Wood, animal hide, and/or metal for personal protection not those fancy crackly deflecting bubble things. Ultimately, it’s impossible to decide who is the greatest of all time. Mr Golden says: “It was wrestlers like Milo of Croton and other fighters who most captured the ancient imagination – because of their strength? Because they dealt and dealt with pain? Because they forced their opponents to submit or incapacitated them?” Much as Phelps’ incredible achievements have been overshadowed by a more famous, if less decorated, athlete in the former of Usain Bolt, Leonidas of Rhodes lived in the shadow of others. But this does not amount to the same degree of difference in terms of training and physical ability as there is between the sprint and endurance races of the ancient Olympics.” The greatest
“Phelps specialises in butterfly, although has also won while swimming a number of different strokes in the medley. “It’s perhaps winning in this last race – requiring the strength and endurance not normally required or possessed by the sprinter – that sets – for me – Leonidas still just ahead of Phelps (despite Phelps having more wins overall than Leonidas).
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“What marks out his achievement is his winning in very different kinds of running race that required very different kinds of training, muscle groups, stamina and ability: the sprint of around 200m, the sprint of around 400m and the running race while wearing full ancient Greek body armour, which was heavy and you were running in Greek summer time with temperatures near 40 degrees.”
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The Greeks did not care to measure athletes’ times or distances.” God-likeīut TV historian Michael Scott responds with a volley in favour of Leonidas: to be good at both the stadion – a 200m sprint – and the hoplitodromos – a 400m trudge under about 50lb of armour – required a special athlete, leading Leonidas to be “venerated as a god” by some. These make his achievements still more remarkable.
“In his case, and those of other modern athletes, we can evaluate his times (including Olympic and world records) as well as the number of his victories. Ancient Olympics historian Mark Golden notes – perhaps in Phelps’ favour – that we know exactly how long it took him to swim the distances involved in his triumphs.
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