Gladiators: Violence and Spectacle in Ancient Rome

ISBN-13: 9780367869373 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 408 str.

Roger Dunkle

Opis

The games comprised gladiatorial fights, staged animal hunts (venationes) and the executions of convicted criminals and prisoners of war. Besides entertaining the crowd, the games delivered a powerful message of Roman power: as a reminder of the wars in which Rome had acquired its empire, the distant regions of its far-flung empire (from

Spis treści

Preface  1. Cultural Context and Origins of Gladiator Combat  2. Recruitment and Training of Gladiators  3. The Munus in Action  4. Brief History of the Munus  5. Brief History of the Venatio  6. Roman Amphitheater and Colosseum  7. Gladiators in Film

O autorze

Before his retirement, Roger Dunkle was Professor of Classics at Brooklyn College, City University New York. His previous publications include The Classical Origins of Western Culture (1986).