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Animal Flesh
Animal Kingdom
Author_Donald G. Kyle
Capital Punishment
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Christian Corpses
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Cloaca Maxima
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Corpse Abuse
Curse Tablets
Damnatio Memoriae
Dead Man
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Esquiline Gate
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Fatal Charades
forensic archaeology Rome
Funeral Games
Gladiatorial Combats
gladiators
human
institutionalised violence in Roman society
Lex Aelia Sentia
martyrdom studies
Public Banquets
Quail Hunts
religious persecution antiquity
ritualised punishment
Roman ritual violence
sacrifice
Secular Games
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Tarquinius Superbus
Vice Versa
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XII Tables
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9780415248426
- Weight: 541g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 07 Dec 2000
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
