The story of the Roman amphitheatre
by Bomgardner, D. L. (David Lee)
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London : Routledge, 2000. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xix, 276 pages : illustrations, maps, 26 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-264) and index. Contents: Chapter One The Colosseum -- THE ACCESSION OFVESPASIAN AND THE ORIGINS OF THE FLAVIAN AMPHITHEATRE -- VISITING THE COLOSSEUM -- THE FA�ADE -- CIRCULATION PATTERNS AND SOCIAL STATUS -- DESCRIPTION AND ANALYSIS OF THE CAVEA -- THE EVIDENCE FROM THE INSCRIPTIONS RESERVING PLACES FOR THE ARVAL BRETHREN -- THE ARENA -- THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE SPECTACLES -- BUILDING MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter Two The origins and early development of the amphitheatre -- THE ORIGINS OF THE GLADIATORIAL COMBATS -- THE ORIGINS AND EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF THE VENATIONES 11 -- THE ORIGINS OF THE AMPHITHEATRE -- THE EARLY CAMPANIAN TRADITION OF PERMANENT AMPHITHEATRES -- THE EARLIEST AMPHITHEATRES IN STONE -- Chapter Three Imperial amphitheatres -- AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE MONUMENTAL URBAN LANDSCAPE -- THE ARCHITECTURE -- DECORATIVE MATERIAL -- A SELECTIVE SURVEY OF IMPERIAL AMPHITHEATRES IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE -- Chapter Four The North African amphitheatres -- THE NORTH AFRICAN PROVINCES: A HISTORICAL SKETCH -- A CATALOGUE OF NORTH AFRICAN AMPHITHEATRES -- Agbia (Hr. Ain-Hadja): Golvin # 64 152 -- CHRONOLOGY -- CONCLUSIONS -- Chapter Five Endings and new beginnings -- THE LAST AMPHITHEATRES -- THE END OF THE SPECTACLES -- THE IMPLICATIONS FOR AMPHITHEATRES AND THEIR USE -- CONCLUSION -- EPILOGUE: RIPPLES IN THE FABRIC OF TIME -- Appendix -- THE DECREE OF THE EMPERORS MARCUS AURELIUS AND LUCIUS VERUS LIMITING THE PRICE OF GLADIATORS (Senatus consultum de pretiis gladiatorum minuendis) -- Notes -- Select bibliography -- Index. Subjects: Amphitheaters Rome; Architecture and society Italy Rome; Public Buildings, Roman world; Rome (Empire); Rome Antiquities.
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- Title
- The story of the Roman amphitheatre
- Author
- Bomgardner, D. L. (David Lee)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- ISBN 10
- 0415165938
- ISBN 13
- 9780415165938
- Publisher
- London : Routledge
- Date Published
- 2000
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