Public Spectacles in Roman and Late Antique Palestine

by Zeev Weiss

Public Spectacles in Roman and Late Antique Palestine introduces readers to the panoply of public entertainment that flourished in Palestine from the first century BCE to the sixth century CE. Drawing on a trove of original archaeological and textual evidence, Zeev Weiss reconstructs an ancient world where Romans, Jews, and Christians intermixed amid a heady brew of shouts, roars, and applause to watch a variety of typically pagan spectacles...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674048318
• ISBN13: 9780674048317
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.4"