An image of an episkyros participant depicted in low reduction on a vase on the National Archaeological Museum of Athens seems on the UEFA European Championship trophy. Athenaeus, writing in 228 CE, referenced the Roman ball recreation harpastum. Phaininda, episkyros and harpastum have been played involving arms and violence. They all appear to have resembled rugby football, wrestling and volleyball greater than what’s recognizable as trendy football. As with pre-codified “mob football”, the antecedent of all fashionable football codes, these three video games concerned extra dealing with the ball than kicking. Cuju gamers could use any a half of the body apart from palms and the intent was kicking a ball via an opening into a web.

It existed during the Han dynasty and probably the Qin dy...