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Panem et circenses: a simple but disarming answer that Decimus Iunius Ivenalis, a Latin satiric poet, gave a couple of millennia ago to the question above. Panem et circenses, therefore, should be the leitmotiv of this article. To enquire the depth of the answer the function of sport must be defined. Sport covers various fields of human society. It has an educational goal pursued by the concept of physical skill as a virtue. It has an ethic background based on the principles of fair play, the valorization of the opponent and the concept of fair victory. These two functions are relevant for...