Gladiators and Caesars The Power of Spectacle in Ancient Rome

Edited By Eckart Kohne and Cornelia Ewigleben. English Version Edited By Ralph Jackson

ISBN 10: 0714123161 / ISBN 13: 9780714123165

Published by The British Musem Press, London England, 2000

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Trade Paperback. Couple of creases to corner back cover. Contents: Foreword by R. G. W. Anderson. Preface. bread and Circuses: The Politics of Entertainment. Familia Gladiatoria: The Heroes of the Amphitheatre. Greek Athletics in Rome: Boxing, Wrestling and the Pancration. On the Starting Line with Ben Hur: Chariot-Racing in the Circus Maximus. 'Give Us Your Applause;: The World of the Theatre. 'What These Women Love Is the Sword': The Performers and Their Audiences. Money and Circuses: Competitive Sport as Part of the Entertainment Industry. Map. Chronology. Glossary. Bibliography. Picture Credits. Index. Illustrated. 153 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).

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• Title: Gladiators and Caesars The Power of Spectacle in Ancient Rome
• Publisher: The British Musem Press, London England
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0714123161
• ISBN 13: 9780714123165
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Trade Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
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About the Author

Eckart Köhne is a curator at the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg. Cornelia Ewigleben is director of the Historisches Museum der Pfalz, Speyer, Germany.