Age of the Gladiators: Savagery & Spectacle in Ancient Rome - Hardcover

Matthews, Rupert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0785818596 ISBN 13: 9780785818595

Publisher: Chartwell Books, 2004

Synopsis

The great spectacles of ancient Rome have become proverbial for their cruelty, bloodlust & glory. In the Arena, the games were savage & brutal. Gladiators fought each other to the death, wild animals were put to fight each other & criminals were executed by barbaric means. Military victories were marked when generals paraded through the city, the defeated were sacrificed to the gods & food & wine was offered * of charge on a lavish scale. Meanwhile the citizens received * bread to prevent hunger & the riots it could provoke. This book looks at these savage spectacles & traces the development from entertainment to hysterical obsession until their eventual decline & disappearance, & explains how they still have influence on contemporary life. Ill.

About this edition

• Publisher: Chartwell Books
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0785818596
• ISBN 13: 9780785818595
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240