Gladiators and caesars : the power of spectacle in ancient Rome
Print Book, English, 2000
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University of California Press, Berkeley, 2000
Exhibition catalogs
153 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 31 cm
9780520227989, 0520227980
1006457166
Bread and circuses: the politics of entertainment / Eckart Köhne
Familia gladiatoria: the heroes of the amphitheatre / Marcus Junkelmann
Greek athletics in Rome: boxing, wrestling, and the pancration / Marcus Junkelmannn
On the starting line with Ben Hur: chariot-racing in the circus maximus / Marcus Junkelmann
'Give us your applause': the world of theatre / Wilfried Stroh
'What these women love is the sword': the performers and their audiences / Cornelia Ewigleben
Money and circuses: competitive sport as part of the entertainment industry / Volker Albers
"Published to accompany an exhibition held at the British Museum from 21 October 2000 to 23 January 2001."