The Roman Games: Historical Sources in TranslationAlison Futrell John Wiley & Sons, 9 feb 2009 - 272 pagina's This sourcebook presents a wealth of material relating to every aspect of Roman spectacles, especially gladiatorial combat and chariot racing.
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Origins of wild animal shows | 7 |
Roman spectacle overseas | 8 |
Spectacle and Roman Politics | 11 |
Costs | 14 |
Control | 18 |
Tainted by the Crowd | 117 |
4 The Life of the Gladiator | 120 |
Prisoners of war | 121 |
Condemned criminals | 122 |
Slave gladiators and the Spartacan war | 125 |
Gladiators and status | 130 |
Free gladiators | 132 |
Choosing gladiatorial status | 134 |
Violence | 22 |
Shows as political assembly | 24 |
Imperial Spectacle | 29 |
Ordinary spectacle | 30 |
The emperor and the arena | 33 |
The emperor and political spectacle | 36 |
Gladiators outside Rome | 43 |
2 The Venue | 52 |
Republican Arenas | 53 |
Temporary structures in Rome | 57 |
Amphitheaters | 59 |
Disaster and control | 61 |
The Colosseum | 62 |
Military amphitheaters | 66 |
Special features | 67 |
Features of the Circus Maximus | 73 |
Circus as cosmos | 76 |
Naumachiae | 77 |
Stratification and Seating | 80 |
3 A Day at the Games | 84 |
Venationes | 89 |
Munera | 94 |
The armatures | 95 |
The combats | 99 |
Good Spectacles vs Bad Spectacles | 103 |
Audiences at the Games | 104 |
Dangerous games | 107 |
Special treats | 110 |
Food spectacular food | 111 |
Inaugural Games at the Flavian Amphitheater | 113 |
Commodus Games | 115 |
Glory | 135 |
Life in the Ludi | 138 |
Death or Survival | 143 |
Sexy Gladiators | 146 |
Death and Choice | 147 |
Gladiator Familiae | 148 |
Gladiatrices and Ludia | 153 |
Elites in the Arena | 156 |
Imperial Gladiators | 158 |
5 Christians and the Arena | 160 |
The Neronian persecution | 161 |
Trajans policy | 163 |
Christian Denunciation of the Arena | 165 |
The Arena and Christian Identity | 169 |
Martyr Acts | 172 |
Christian Rome and the Arena | 186 |
6 Chariot Races and Water Shows | 189 |
The events | 191 |
Charioteers | 198 |
The horses | 205 |
The colors | 207 |
Circus fans | 210 |
Emperors as fans | 213 |
The Nika revolt | 215 |
Water Shows | 218 |
Timeline of Roman History | 222 |
Glossary of Terms and Names | 229 |
Notes | 232 |
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