|
|
Roman Sports and Spectacles: A Sourcebook
|
|
Available to ship
Focus Item #: 00099
Author(s): Anne Mahoney
ISBN: 978-1-58510-009-5
|
Book Preview
See Table of Contents / Excerpt
Description
English translations of key documents and other source materials
relevant to sports in Rome.
The types of entertainment the Romans favored and the way they organized and
funded their spectacles can tell us a great deal about Roman life. This book
sets out some of the most important textual sources for Roman sports and
spectacles, so that readers may explore for themselves how the Romans
entertained each other and what they thought of their spectacles.
Features
(taken from Bryn Mawr Review below)
- Brief
introduction and overview
- The material into seven chapters: Origins and Foundations; Gladiators; Chariots
and Circus Ludi; Theater, Greek Athletics, and other events; Women and Sports;
Politics and Sports; Attitudes about Sport and Spectacles.
- Each chapter offers translations of source material on the relevant topic.
- Various selections brief introductions to set the context and introduce the
authors.
- Glossary
- A one-page chronology of key events
- Two maps (the Roman empire circa 69 AD and the city of Rome)
- Short guide to further reading.
- Index of sources and a good subject index.
Related Texts
Roman Religion: A Sourcebook
About the Author
Anne Mahoney (PhD
Boston University)
is Lecturer in Classics at Tufts
University. She has
published articles and reviews on Greek poetry, particularly drama; and on
Latin poetry, from Saturnians to the 19th century. Her re-issue of
"Morice's Stories in Attic Greek" was published by Focus in 2006. She
also has overseen the revision of "Allen and Greenough's New Latin
Grammar" for Focus Publishing and updated the metrical material in that
key reference work.
Review
Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2003.04.07
|
|
follow us
on Twitter
|
|
like us on
Facebook
|
|
Focus eBooks via
|
|