How old is the game of billiards? Detailed answer

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How old is the game of billiards?

Billiards (or pool) seems to lead a double life. For many years in big cities it was difficult to find a decent person in billiard rooms. Then billiards became the game of the aristocracy all over the world. The most glamorous houses and clubs had billiard tables.

The game is so ancient that no one can tell the year it started. Some authorities claim that it was played in ancient Egypt. In Greece, it was known in 400 BC. e. In the second century of the new era, the king of Ireland, Catkir Mor, left behind 55 billiard balls with a bronze cue. Saint Augustine mentions billiards in his Confessions, written in the XNUMXth century.

For various reasons, this game was mentioned by many famous writers in the XNUMXth and XNUMXth centuries. For example, in Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, Cleopatra says, "Let's go to the billiard room." Did you know that when Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned, one of her complaints was that her pool table was taken from her?

The first description of billiards in England is found in a book with a complete description of the games of Charles Cotton, published in 1674. Judging from the pictures of the game played in those days, there were all kinds of obstacles on the table, such as rings, pegs and "knots". The player had to go around or pass through these obstacles without knocking them down.

Around 1800, the game began to resemble today's billiards. In 1807, a book was published in England - the first book written about this game - in which billiards is described very similarly to the modern one.

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