Gladiators violence and spectacle in ancient Rome /
| Main Author: | Dunkle, Roger. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Harlow, England ; New York :
Pearson/Longman,
2008.
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| Physical Description: |
x, 398 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: |
Table of contents only |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Publisher's acknowledgements
- Cultural context and origins of gladiatorial combat
- Recruitment and training of gladiators
- Gladiator games in action
- A brief history of gladiator games
- A brief history of the arena hunt
- The Roman amphitheatre and the colosseum
- Gladiators in film
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.