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The Colosseum / Keith Hopkins and Mary Beard.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Wonders of the world (Cambridge, Mass.)Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2005.Description: x, 214 p. : ill. ; 19 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780674060319 (pbk.) :
  • 0674060318 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DG68.1 .H67 2005
Summary: 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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Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Main Collection DG 68.1 .H67 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 5052845

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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