Drawing insights from archaeology and anthropology as well as Classics, this book broadens our understanding of the gladiatorial contest and its place within the highly politicised cult practice of the Roman Empire. The author explores the arena as a key social and political institution for binding Rome and its provinces.
Drawing insights from archaeology and anthropology as well as Classics, this book broadens our understanding of the gladiatorial contest and its place within the highly politicised cult practice of the Roman Empire. The author explores the arena as a key social and political institution for binding Rome and its provinces.
1. Abbreviations 2. Acknowledgments 3. Introduction 4. I. Beginnings * Campanian Gladiators * Etruscan Gladiators * Origines Gladiatorum * Early Spectacle in Rome * The Late Republic: Spectacle and Political Manipulation * The Imperial Games 5. II. A Scatter of Circles * The Iberian Peninsula * Britannia * The Northeastern Frontier * The Galliae 6. III. Order and Struggle: Cult in the Amphitheater * Imperial Cult * Celtic Cult * Nemesis 7. IV. The System of Construction * The Early Builders * Builders during the Empire * Management * Labor * Military Amphitheaters * Technology * Tickets and Seating 8. V. The Magic Ring: Human Sacrifice in the Arena * Patterns of Human Sacrifice * Human Sacrifice in Rome * The Ideology of Human Sacrifice 9. Conclusion 10. Appendix I. Amphitheaters and Central Place Theory 11. Appendix II. Pliny in Bithynia 12. Notes 13. Bibliography 14. Index
1. Abbreviations 2. Acknowledgments 3. Introduction 4. I. Beginnings * Campanian Gladiators * Etruscan Gladiators * Origines Gladiatorum * Early Spectacle in Rome * The Late Republic: Spectacle and Political Manipulation * The Imperial Games 5. II. A Scatter of Circles * The Iberian Peninsula * Britannia * The Northeastern Frontier * The Galliae 6. III. Order and Struggle: Cult in the Amphitheater * Imperial Cult * Celtic Cult * Nemesis 7. IV. The System of Construction * The Early Builders * Builders during the Empire * Management * Labor * Military Amphitheaters * Technology * Tickets and Seating 8. V. The Magic Ring: Human Sacrifice in the Arena * Patterns of Human Sacrifice * Human Sacrifice in Rome * The Ideology of Human Sacrifice 9. Conclusion 10. Appendix I. Amphitheaters and Central Place Theory 11. Appendix II. Pliny in Bithynia 12. Notes 13. Bibliography 14. Index
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