The Colosseum
by Beard, Mary, Hopkins, Keith
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- Condition
- Used - Good
- ISBN 10
- 0674018958
- ISBN 13
- 9780674018952
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Synopsis
The Colosseum was Imperial Rome's monument to warfare. Like a cathedral of death it towered over the city and invited its citizens, 50,000 at a time, to watch murderous gladiatorial games. It is now visited by two million visitors a year (Hitler was among them). Award winning classicist, Mary Beard with Keith Hopkins, tell 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 story - the Colosseum has been fort, store, church, and glue factory.
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- Bookseller
- Better World Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 726924-6
- Title
- The Colosseum
- Author
- Beard, Mary, Hopkins, Keith
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0674018958
- ISBN 13
- 9780674018952
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- This edition first published
- November 14, 2005
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