> check the world records of any sport to see the progress..

Again, I've specifically mentioned strength and resistance

most records you are referring to were broken thanks to better overall conditions

Bolt can't run as fast as he does today on a dusty track made of pressed clay wearing leather sandals...

> These people could not exist in the Roman age

they would have also probably died before puberty

also: in ancient times sport competition was much more important than today and it was a very serious matter

https://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/february/ancient-athlete...

On the other hand, some Greek wrestlers trained by going into the wild and wrestling with wild animals including lions.

Different times.

They might have said that they did such things, but i just dont believe the lion myth. Anyone who has been up close to a non-caged lion realizes the absurdity of the concept. Like all cats, lions are infintely more flexible than us. There is no wrestling hold that would keep them from ripping a human attacker to shreds within seconds. You would have better luck wrestling jaws.

Even if you survived, those claws are not sterile. The inevitable infections would kill you.

It's about two steps away from telling people Atlas really carried the earth. The strongest man alive would be destroyed by a lion. 4 paws and a set of incredibly sharp teeth all perfectly capable of lacerating any of your INCREDIBLY ACCESSIBLE major arteries in your neck, wrists, upper arms etc...

And, far more often than not, lions have friends within earshot. Jaws at least hunted alone. Nobody has ever ene boasted about wrestling a pride of lions.

You mean African lions? There were smaller lions in the Mediterranean I believe, which are now extinct.