SPECTACLES OF DEATH IN ANCIENT ROME.

Book 10 of 14: Approaching the Ancient World

KYLE, Donald G.

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ISBN 10: 0415096782 ISBN 13: 9780415096782

Published by Routledge, London And New York, 1998

Language: English

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8vo. pp: xii, 288. First edition. Original publisher's black boards with silver lettering at spine in original publisher's colour illustrated dust jacket. Some illustrations in black and white. ISBN: 0415096782 Dust jacket shows signs of shelfwear and is slightly creased along top and bottom edges. Small open tear with minimal paper loss at corner of front flap. Very small dent to centre of front board. Otherwise tight and internally perfectly clean copy. Near fine in very good minus dust jacket.

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Title: SPECTACLES OF DEATH IN ANCIENT ROME.
Publisher: Routledge, London And New York
Publication Date: 1998
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0415096782
ISBN 13: 9780415096782
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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The elaborate and inventive slaughter of humans and animals in the arena fed an insatiable desire for violent spectacle among the Roman people. Donald G. Kyle combines the words of ancient authors with current scholarly research and cross-cultural perspectives, as he explores * the origins and historical development of the games * who the victims were and why they were chosen * how the Romans disposed of the thousands of resulting corpses * the complex religious and ritual aspects of institutionalised violence * the particularly savage treatment given to defiant Christians. This lively and original work provides compelling, sometimes controversial, perspectives on the bloody entertainments of ancient Rome, which continue to fascinate us to this day.

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