The Colosseum /
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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| Main Authors: | , |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
Harvard University Press,
[2005]
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| Series: | Wonders of the world (Cambridge, Mass.)
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Chapter 1. The Colosseum now ...
- Chapter 2. ... And then
- Chapter 3. The killing fields
- Chapter 4. The people of the Colosseum
- Chapter 5. Bricks and mortar
- Chapter 6. Life after death
- Making a visit?
