Alexandra Sills continues her Olympic tour with this look at the Roman influence on the games, and vice versa.

The cheaters, the gougers, the spitters and the bribers. Alexandra Sills is mixing with some right rogues!

Alexandra Sills runs a rule over the big-hitters and record-breakers in the ancient sports festival.

The Olympics had a bogglingly huge array of races. Alexandra Sills is horsing around...

Continuing her series on ancient Olympic events, Alexandra Sills turns her eye to the event which was really a best of five.

A lot of people are drawn to pankration because it sounds a bit like MMA, but Alexandra Sills has news for you: it was FAR more brutal...

You'd imagine Usain Bolt would draw the line at racing in full military armour; not so the ancient Greeks...

Like modern sports, ancient Olympiads had a host of judges, assistants and staff to support the participants. Over to Alexandra Sills...

Some of the events were pretty hardcore, so imagine the penalties for cheating! Alexandra Sills is a glutton for punishment.

While there was a whole load of running going on at the Olympics, the running order would keep everyone straight.

Here we go! Alexandra Sills has done a deep-dive into what made the ancient Olympics tick. More than ten articles... it's a veritable marathon!