The Colosseum / Keith Hopkins and Mary Beard.

Main entry:

Hopkins, Keith, 1934-2004.

Title & Author:

The Colosseum / Keith Hopkins and Mary Beard.

Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2005.

Description:

x, 214 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.

Series:

Wonders of the world

Notes:
Originally published: London : Profile Books, 2005.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-203) and index.
Preface -- Chapter 1. The Colosseum Now ... -- Chapter 2. ... and Then -- Chapter 3. The Killing Fields -- Chapter 4. The People of the Colosseum -- Chapter 5. Bricks and Mortar -- Chapter 6. Life after Death -- Making a visit? -- Further Reading -- List of Illustrations -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Index --

Summary:

This is the story of Rome's greatest arena - how it was built, the gladiatorial and other games that were held there, the training of the gladiators, the audiences who revelled in the games, the emperors who staged them and the critics, and the strange after-life.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents

ISBN:

0674018958 (alk. paper)
9780674018952 (alk. paper)
0674060318
9780674060319

Subject:

Colosseum (Rome, Italy)
Colisée (Rome, Italie)
Amphitheaters Rome.
Amphithéâtres Rome.
21.71 commercial and industrial buildings.
Amphitheaters
Antiquities
Buildings
Colosseum.
Roman imperial period.
Rome (Italy) Buildings, structures, etc.
Rome (Italy) Antiquities.
Rome (Italie) Constructions.
Rome (Italie) Antiquités.
Italy Rome
Rome (Empire)
Kolosseum
Rome.
Rom Kolosseum.

Added entries:

Beard, Mary, 1955-
Wonders of the world (Cambridge, Mass.)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 241091
Call No.: BIB 170998
Status: Available

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