Track and field today—it comprised a five-event competition of the long jump, javelin throw, discus throw, stadion footrace, and wrestling. Track and field events were also present at the Panhellenic Games in Greece around this period, and they spread to Rome in Italy around 200 BC. After the period of Classical antiquity (in which the sport was largely Greco-Roman influenced) new track and field events began developing in parts of Northern Europe in the Middle Ages. The stone put and weight throw competitions popular among Celtic societies in Ireland and Scotland were precursors to the modern shot put and hammer throw events. One
Bernard Capes epidemic. A memorial plaque commemorating his life is in Winchester Cathedral (where he worked in the years leading up to his death), affixed to the wall by the door which leads to the crypt. Capes' son Renalt Capes, and grandson Ian Bernard Graham Burns, are also published authors. The following stories are not included in the six short story collections:- Bernard Capes Bernard Edward Joseph Capes (30 August 1854 – 2 November 1918) was an English author. Capes was born in London, one of eleven children: his elder sister, Harriet Capes, was a noted translator and author of more than