A History of Gymnastics, From Ancient Greece to Tokyo 2020 The beloved Olympic sport has evolved drastically over the past 2,000 years. Meilan Solly - Senior Associate Digital Editor, History.

In Ancient Greece, It Meant ‘Exercising Naked.' How Gymnastics Evolved Over Time Alexander the Great, king of Macedonia from 336 to 323 B.C., had his Macedonian soldiers train on a device ...

In Ancient Greece, It Meant ‘Exercising Naked.' How Gymnastics Evolved Over Time Alexander the Great, king of Macedonia from 336 to 323 B.C., had his Macedonian soldiers train on a device ...

In Ancient Greece, It Meant ‘Exercising Naked.' How Gymnastics Evolved Over Time Alexander the Great, king of Macedonia from 336 to 323 B.C., had his Macedonian soldiers train on a device ...

Glide over Assos, the ancient coastal village in Kefalonia, Greece—captured in striking drone footage revealing its clifftop ...

Gymnastics began in ancient Greece. Over time, it spread throughout Europe and has been part of the modern Olympic Games since its first in 1896. The event still enjoys significant popularity, ...

Gymnastics is also the ultimate urban small house sport. Once you have a space where you are unlikely to overbalance and knock over the telly, you can do most of what you need to do at that age in ...

Childhood education in ancient Greece was highly dependent on one’s gender. Preparing for life in the public sphere, wealthy boys during the classical period went to schools where they faced ...

The styles are also different. “With roots in Ancient Greece, artistic gymnastics is as ancient as it is spectacular,” the website for the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) states ...

The ancient period covered at least 12 centuries from 776 BC when the first Olympic Games was held in Greece to AD 339 when the Roman emperor Theodosius the Great prohibited the Olympic Games as a ...

In Ancient Greece, It Meant ‘Exercising Naked.' How Gymnastics Evolved Over Time Alexander the Great, king of Macedonia from 336 to 323 B.C., had his Macedonian soldiers train on a device ...