The Colosseum

Informationen zum Autor Keith Hopkins (1934–2004) was Professor of Ancient History at the University of Cambridge. He also wrote A World Full of Gods . Mary Beard has a Chair of Classics at Cambridge and is a Fellow of Newnham College. She is classics editor of The Times Literary Supplement and author of the blog “A Don’s Life.” She is also a winner of the 2008 Wolfson History Prize. Klappentext The Colosseum¿s history is much stranger than the legend. In this engaging book, we learn the details of how the arena was built and at what cost; we meet the emperors who sometimes fought in gladiatorial games; and we take measure of the audience who reveled in, or opposed, these games. The authors also trace the strange afterlife of the monument. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 1. The Colosseum Now... 2. ...and Then 3. The Killing Fields 4. The People of the Colosseum 5. Bricks and Mortar 6. Life after Death Making a visit? Further reading List of illustrations List of figures Acknowledgements Index

Product details

• Authors: Mary Beard, Beard Mary, Keith Hopkins, Keith/ Beard Hopkins, Hopkins Keith
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2011
• EAN: 9780674060319
• ISBN: 978-0-674-06031-9
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Wonders of the World (Harvard; Wonders of the World; Wonders of the World (Harvard
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Antike, Rom, History, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, ARCHITECTURE / History / General, History - General History, TRAVEL / Europe / Italy, ARCHITECTURE / History / Ancient & Classical, Italy, Ancient Rome, History of Architecture, Ancient History, Travel and holiday guides