Ceremonial ballgame belt (yoke)
AD 100-500 · Resource
A heavy carved stone 'yoke' representing the protective belt worn by Mesoamerican ballgame players, used in ritual. It embodies the religious and political importance of the ballgame.
On these timelines: British Museum, Resources: Combined
Around 300
- Edict of Milan (313)
- Council of Nicaea (325)
- Founding of Constantinople (330)
- Han dynasty ends (220)
- Gupta Empire (320)
- Augustine of Hippo (354)
- Conversion of Constantine (312)
- Christianity becomes Roman state religion (380)
- Gupta Empire (Indian Golden Age) begins (320)
- Battle of the Milvian Bridge (312)