Keith Hopkins The Colosseum ISBN 13: 9781861974075

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Two leading ancient historians tell 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 story - the Colosseum has been fort, store, church, and glue factory. This is the next title in Profile's Wonders of the World series following The Parthenon, The Alhambra, Westminster Abbey and The Temple of Jerusalem.

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Keith Hopkins was Professor of Ancient History at Cambridge and Vice-Provost of King's College.
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The authors point out that the Colosseum in Rome was constructed for the enjoyment of murder. They explain the role of that famous monument in Roman history and politics--a place in which the emperor came face-to-face with his people. Inaugurated in A.D. 80, the Colosseum was the scene of animals sent to fight each other or pitted against trained marksmen and hunters, some on horseback, others on foot, picking the animals off with spears, swords, or arrows. There were public executions, and gladiators, described by the authors as "marginal outsiders in Roman society; captives of war, the poor and destitute who saw in possible success in the arena their only hope," fought one another (a wounded or defeated gladiator was at the mercy of the audience). Hopkins and Beard note that the role of the audience was important; the people, seated in hierarchical ranks according to status, were in effect a microcosm of the Roman citizen body. A fascinating account for the Rome-bound traveler as well as the fan of European history. George Cohen
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  • PublisherProfile Books
  • Publication date2005
  • ISBN 10 1861974078
  • ISBN 13 9781861974075
  • BindingHardcover
  • Number of pages224
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