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In modern times, it is not uncommon for ancient sports to once more become popular. Often, they are long forgotten board games, or folkloric games with sticks and stones. But one Italian sport didn’t even need revival. Calcio Storico is an early form of football that has its origins in the Middle Ages. It is a brutal and rough sport with vague rules that often dissipate into pure chaos and violence on the field. That’s right - if you thought traditional football or rugby football were rough, calcio storico is immeasurably rougher, and seems similar to rank along with the Mesoamerican ball games in its violence. And now, historians think that the game might have origins that reach as far