The Colosseum
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Product Information
| ISBN | 9781846684708 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Professor Keith Hopkins, Professor Mary Beard |
| Publisher | Profile Books Ltd |
| Format | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Weight (kg) | 0.164 |
| Publishing Date | 14/04/2011 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €13.40 |
| Tax | €0.80 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €14.20 |
| Availability | 5 units in external warehouse |
Product Description
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.