Ancient Romans like to do many sports. In Ancient Rome, only men and boys could play sports, girls couldn't play sports. Most of the sports they did we still do today. Some sports they did were wrestling, racing ,and boxing. People did those sports to build strength. A sport they did was Gladiators. Gladiators they did with weapons and their was blood everywhere. They also had games that had a ball such as handball, soccer, hockey, and dodge ball. They also had board games as a sport and one of the most popular board game then was called dice. They also did chariot racing. Boys and their fathers would go out fishing an hunting. Boys also swam and ran as well. Sports influenced on how Ancient Rome lived because many boys and men had schedules and sports is what they lived for.