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'''Quinquertium'''<ref>"''Quinquertium'' vocabant antiqui quod Graeci πένταθλον. . . . [[Livius Andronicus|Livius]] quoque ipsos athletas sic nominat: ''Quinquertiones praeco in medium provocat''" ([[Festus]], 340.8).</ref> vel Graece '''πένταθλον''' (ex ''pente'' 'quinque' + ''athlon'' 'certamen, praemium') est quodlibet certamen athleticum quod in quinque [[ludus athleticus|ludis]] variis consistit. Primum quinquertium est in [[Graecia Antiqua]] evolutum, [[Olympia Antiqua|Olympiorum Antiquorum]] pars. Constabat [[quinquertium Olympiorum Antiquorum]] ex quinque ludis uno [[dies|die]] habitis: [[saltus longus|saltu longo]], [[hastae iactus|hastae iactu]], [[disci iactus|discique iactu]], tum [[Stadium (ludus)|stadio]] ([[Graece]]: ''stadion,'' brevi cursu peduum{{dubsig}}) et ad postremum [[luctatus|luctatu]]. Quinquertiones, viri qui in quinquertio certare solebant, inter athletis sollertissimis putabantur.<!-- and their training was often part of [[military service]]; each event in the pentathlon was thought useful in war or battle. . . .-->