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The elaborate and inventive slaughter of humans and animals in the arena fed an insatiable desire for violent spectacle among the Roman people. Donald G. Kyle combines the words of ancient authors with current scholarly research and cross-cultural perspectives, as he explores * the origins... read more
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- Barton
- Tiberius
- Richardson
- Edmondson
- Toynbee
- Robinson
- Bauman
- Garnsey
- Van Hooff
- Lanciani
- Scobie
- Bynum
- Claudius
- Coleman
- David
- Nero
- Brown
- Bowersock
- Jennison
- Levick
- Wiedemann
- Robert
- P.
- Anderson
- Tertullian
- Balsdon
- Harris
- Routledge
- Brill
- Gunderson
- Horace
- Marcus Aurelius
- Caesar
- Gaius
- Bodel
- Lafaye
- Dunbabin
- Miller
- Ann Arbor
- Morris
- Marius
Setting & Locations edit
- Ancient Rome
- New York
- London
- Cambridge U.
- Carthage
- Baltimore
- Greece
- Ithaca
- Italy
- Berkeley
- Ceres
- Gaul
- Zliten
- Asia
- Golvin
- Leiden
- Sicily
- Trimalchio
- Seneca
- Hades
- Smyrna
- America
- Jerusalem
- Circus Maximus
- North Africa
- Alexandria
- Huntington
- U. California
- Caligula
- New Haven
- Chicago
- Washington
- Oxford U.
First Sentence edit
The death of humans (and sometimes even of animals) usually constitutes a spectacle, a disturbing sight which is awful in both senses of the word, an eerie yet intriguing phenomenon demanding acknowledgement and attention.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Donald G. Kyle (Author)
Classification edit
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- Dewey: 937
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