History Of Football

The Greeks and Romans are known to have played many ball games, some of which involved the use of the feet. The Roman game Harpist is believed to have been adapted from a Greek team game known as  Episkyros or  Phaidra, which is mentioned by a Greek playwright, Antitheses (388–311 BC) and later referred to by the Christian theologian Clement of Alexandria (c.150-c.215 AD). These games appear to have resembled rugby football. The Roman politician Cicero (106–43 BC) describes the case of a man who was killed whilst having a shave when a ball was kicked into a barber's shop. Roman ball games already knew the air-filled ball, the follis.