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Author_Roland Auguet
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Chariot Races
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Draw Back
Duelling Ground
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Fine Day
Fourth Lap
Funeral Games
Gallic Provinces
Gazette Des Beaux Arts
gladiatorial
Gladiatorial Combats
Gladiatorial Schools
God Consus
Imaginary Grandstand
Lowly Dwellings
Ludus Matutinus
marcus
Modern Rome
Paul III
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Piazza Armerina
Place De La Republique
public spectacle rituals
race
ritualised conflict studies
Roman blood sport cultural analysis
Secular Games
social psychology violence
Thracian Gladiator
Transit Towns
Undulating Ground
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Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780415104531
- Weight: 450g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 10 Mar 1994
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Roland Auguet examines the Roman taste for blood and considers what the games, that strange combination of Cruelty and Civilization, reveal about the Roman mentality. He shows how the great spectacles became a part of city life - they were awaited with impatience, everyone discussed them, some applauded the action in the arena, while others booed frantically.
This book provides an exciting history of gladiators, chariot racing and other games as well as an investigation of their function and significance within society. It is essential reading for anyone who is interested in the Romans' violent form of entertainment.
