The Colosseum / Keith Hopkins and Mary Beard.
By: Hopkins, Keith
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Contributor(s): Beard, Mary.
Series: Wonders of the world (Cambridge, Mass.): Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2005Description: x, 214 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.ISBN: 9780674060319 (pbk.) :; 0674060318 (pbk.) :.Subject(s): Colosseum (Rome, Italy) | Amphitheaters -- Rome | Rome (Italy) -- Buildings, structures, etc | Rome (Italy) -- AntiquitiesSummary: This is the story of Rome's greatest arena - how it was built, the gladiatorial and other games that were held there, the training of the gladiators, the audiences who revelled in the games, the emperors who staged them and the critics, and the strange after-life.
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Originally published: London : Profile Books, 2005.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-203) and index.
This is the story of Rome's greatest arena - how it was built, the gladiatorial and other games that were held there, the training of the gladiators, the audiences who revelled in the games, the emperors who staged them and the critics, and the strange after-life.
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