A recently discovered fragment of writing from 267 AD in Egypt concerns a wrestling match between two teenagers. It is a contract between the father of one of the participants with the trainers of the other participant. They have reached an agreement where one of the teenagers would ‘fall three times and yield’ for a price of 3800 drachmas. If the boy reneges on the deal it would cost him 18,000 drachmas.

(Magazine – Archaeology – July/August 2014)