Gladiators and Caesars: The Power of Spectacle in Ancient Rome
Kohne, Eckart; Ewigleben, Cornelia
Language: English
Published by University of California Press, Berkely, CA, 2000
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- Title
- Gladiators and Caesars: The Power of Spectacle in Ancient Rome
- Author
- Kohne, Eckart; Ewigleben, Cornelia
- Publisher
- University of California Press, Berkely, CA
- Publication year
- 2000
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0520227980
- ISBN 13
- 9780520227989
The organization of games came to be part and parcel of electioneering in towns and cities and was increasingly used as a means to consolidate the power of the reigning emperor. Like the sports stars of today, the top gladiators, charioteers, and actors were folk heroes, and the power of their universal appeal was recognized and exploited by politicians and emperors alike.
Two thousand years later, the Roman games may seem remote, but, as this superbly illustrated book shows, they satisfied the same need for excitement and hero-worship that gives rise to the intense media coverage of sports in our own time.
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