Spectacle entertainments of early imperial Rome / Richard C. Beacham.
1999
PA6074 .B43 1999
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Title
Spectacle entertainments of early imperial Rome / Richard C. Beacham.
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ISBN
0300073828 (alk. paper)
9780300073829 (alk. paper)
9780300176995
0300176996
9780300073829 (alk. paper)
9780300176995
0300176996
Published
New Haven : Yale University Press, [1999]
Language
English
Description
xii, 306 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Call Number
PA6074 .B43 1999
Dewey Decimal Classification
394/.4/0937
Summary
"The presentations in the theater, gladiatorial combats, chariot races in the circus, animal hunts, triumphal processions, and other public entertainments of early imperial Rome served as tangible expressions of Roman ideology and power. This book describes these lavish spectacles, traces their evolution under Rome's political masters from Caesar to Nero, and discusses their social and political significance."--Jacket.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-296) and index.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
The setup: public entertainments in the Late Republic
Playing for power: the Age of the Dynasts
The state craft and stagecraft of Augustus
Playing for keeps: the politics of pageantry in the Early Principate
Nero: no business but show business.
The setup: public entertainments in the Late Republic
Playing for power: the Age of the Dynasts
The state craft and stagecraft of Augustus
Playing for keeps: the politics of pageantry in the Early Principate
Nero: no business but show business.