Gladiators: Violence and Spectacle in Ancient Rome

By Roger Dunkle

Book Overview

The games comprised gladiatorial fights, staged animal hunts (venationes) and the executions of convicted criminals and prisoners of war. Besides entertaining the crowd, the games delivered a powerful message of Roman power: as a reminder of the wars in which Rome had acquired its empire, the distant regions of its far-flung empire (from

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367869373
• ISBN13: 9780367869373
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"