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Title: EMPERORS AND GLADIATORS
By: Thomas Wiedemann
Format: Hardback

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ISBN 10: 041500005X
ISBN 13: 9780415000055
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Publisher: TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Pub. date: 10 December, 1992
Pages: 264
Description: Looks at the changing significance of gladiatoral contests to Roman culture. The book examines the role of public ceremonies in the context of competition with the Roman elite, as public demonstrations of the power of the Roman community and of the "virtue" of a particular public figure.
Synopsis: Of all aspects of Roman culture, the gladiatorial contests for which the Romans built their amphitheatres are at once the most fascinating and the most difficult for us to come to terms with. They have been seen variously as sacrifices to the gods or, at funerals, to the souls of the deceased; as a mechanism for introducing young Romans to the horrors of fighting; and as a direct substitute for warfare after the imposition of peace. In this original and authoritative study, Thomas Wiedemann argues that gladiators were part of the mythical struggle of order and civilisation against the forces of nature, barbarism and law breaking, representing the possibility of a return to new life from the point of death; that Christian Romans rejected gladiatorial games not on humanitarian grounds, but because they were a rival representation of a possible resurrection.
Illustrations: illustrations, 19 photographs, 2 line drawings, bibliography, glossary
Publication: UK
Imprint: Routledge
Prizes: Winner of Routledge Ancient History Prize 1991
Returns: Returnable
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