The Roman Games

Author: Alison Futrell
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1405153156
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 272

Book Description
This sourcebook presents a wealth of material relating to everyaspect of Roman spectacles, especially gladiatorial combat andchariot racing. Draws on the words of eye-witnesses and participants, as wellas depictions of the games in mosaics and other works of art. Offers snapshots of “a day at the games” and“the life of a gladiator”. Includes numerous illustrations. Covers chariot-races, water pageants, naval battles and wildanimal fights, as well as gladiatorial combat. Combines political, social, religious and archaeologicalperspectives. Facilitates an in-depth understanding of this important featureof ancient life.

The Roman Games

Author: Alison Futrell
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN: 9781405115681
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 272

Book Description
This sourcebook presents a wealth of material relating to every aspect of Roman spectacles, especially gladiatorial combat and chariot racing. Draws on the words of eye-witnesses and participants, as well as depictions of the games in mosaics and other works of art. Offers snapshots of “a day at the games” and “the life of a gladiator”. Includes numerous illustrations. Covers chariot-races, water pageants, naval battles and wild animal fights, as well as gladiatorial combat. Combines political, social, religious and archaeological perspectives. Facilitates an in-depth understanding of this important feature of ancient life.

Roman Social History

Author: Tim Parkin
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134091249
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 393

Book Description
This Sourcebook contains a comprehensive collection of sources on the topic of the social history of the Roman world during the late Republic and the first two centuries AD. Designed to form the basis for courses in Roman social history, this excellent resource covers original translations from sources such as inscriptions, papyri, and legal texts. Topics include: social inequality and class games, gladiators and attitudes to violence the role of slaves in Roman society economy and taxation the Roman legal system the Roman family and gender roles. Including extensive explanatory notes, maps and bibliographies, this Sourcebook is the ideal resource for all students and teachers embarking on a course in Roman social history.

Ancient Greek Athletics

Author: Charles H. Stocking
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198839596
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 464

Book Description
Présentation de l'éditeur : "This work presents a collection of texts in translation on ancient athletics in Greek and Roman history, including a wide range of topics from the Olympics to ancient conceptions of health and wellness."

Women's Life in Greece & Rome

Author: Mary R. Lefkowitz
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801844751
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 426

Book Description
This highly acclaimed collection provides a unique look into the public and private lives and legal status of Greek and Roman women of all social classes-from wet nurses, prostitutes, and gladiatrixes to poets, musicians, intellectuals, priestesses, and housewives. The third edition adds new texts to sections throughout the book, vividly describing women's sentiments and circumstances through readings on love, bereavement, and friendship, as well as property rights, breast cancer, female circumcision, and women's roles in ancient religions, including Christianity and pagan cults.

Ancient Roman Sports, A-Z

Author: David Matz
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476636249
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 238

Book Description
Chariot races. Gladiatorial combat. Fishing. Hunting. Swimming. The ancient Romans enjoyed these sports--sometimes with fanatical enthusiasm. This reference book contains more than 100 entries covering sporting events and activities of the era, and the Romans who sponsored, competed in and attended them. Charioteer Appuleius Diocles, in a career spanning 24 years, competed in 4,257 races, winning an astounding 1,462 of them. Alypius, the young friend of St. Augustine, was both drawn to and repulsed by gladiatorial battles and struggled to shake his mania for the spectacle of blood sport. Brief abstracts of the entries are included for quick reference, along with an expansive glossary and biographical notes on the ancient authors cited.

The Hellenistic World from Alexander to the Roman Conquest

Author: M. M. Austin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521296663
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 514

Book Description
This is the first comprehensive sourcebook in English concentrating entirely on the Hellenistic age.

The Gladiators

Author: Fik Meijer
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312364021
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 292

Book Description
An analysis of the lives of ancient Rome's gladiators explores how they were both despised and hero-worshiped, chronicling how tens of thousands of gladiators perished publicly over the course of six hundred years.

The Lure of the Arena

Author: Garrett G. Fagan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521196167
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 375

Book Description
Were the Romans who watched brutal gladiatorial games all that different from us? This book argues they were not.

Rome and Italy

Author: Livy
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141913118
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 270

Book Description
Books VI-X of Livy's monumental work trace Rome's fortunes from its near collapse after defeat by the Gauls in 386 bc to its emergence, in a matter of decades, as the premier power in Italy, having conquered the city-state of Samnium in 293 bc. In this fascinating history, events are described not simply in terms of partisan politics, but through colourful portraits that bring the strengths, weaknesses and motives of leading figures such as the noble statesman Camillus and the corrupt Manlius vividly to life. While Rome's greatest chronicler intended his history to be a memorial to former glory, he also had more didactic aims - hoping that readers of his account could learn from the past ills and virtues of the city.