| Description |
153 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 31 cm |
| Contents |
Bread and circuses: the politics of entertainment / Eckart Köhne -- Familia gladiatoria: the heroes of the amphitheatre / Marcus Junkelmann -- Greek athletics in Rome: boxing, wrestling, and the pancration / Marcus Junkelmannn -- On the starting line with Ben Hur: chariot-racing in the circus maximus / Marcus Junkelmann -- 'Give us your applause': the world of theatre / Wilfried Stroh -- 'What these women love is the sword': the performers and their audiences / Cornelia Ewigleben -- Money and circuses: competitive sport as part of the entertainment industry / Volker Albers. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-148) and index. |
| Subject |
Games -- Rome.
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| Added Author |
Köhne, Eckart.
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Ewigleben, Cornelia.
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Jackson, Ralph.
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| Added Title |
Power of spectacle in ancient Rome |
| ISBN |
0520227980 cloth alkaline paper |
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