The Story of the Roman AmphitheatreRoutledge, 04/07/2013 - 304 من الصفحات The Roman amphitheatre was a site both of bloody combat and marvellous spectacle, symbolic of the might of Empire; to understand the importance of the amphitheatre is to understand a key element in the social and political life of the Roman ruling classes. Generously illustrated with 141 plans and photographs, The Story of the Roman Amphitheatre offers a comprehensive picture of the origins, development, and eventual decline of the most typical and evocative of Roman monuments. With a detailed examination of the Colosseum, as well as case studies of significant sites from Italy, Gaul, Spain and Roman North Africa, the book is a fascinating gazetteer for the general reader as well as a valuable tool for students and academics. |
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Chapter One The Colosseum | 1 |
Chapter Two The origins and early development
of the amphitheatre | 32 |
Chapter Three Imperial amphitheatres | 61 |
Chapter Four The North African amphitheatres | 121 |
Chapter Five Endings and new beginnings | 197 |
Appendix | 228 |
Notes | 232 |
| 260 | |
Index | 265 |
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Africa Africa Proconsularis ambulacrum Anfiteatro Campano animals annular arcades arches architectural arena arena-wall Arles Augustan barrel vaulting bays beneath Campania Capua Carthage cavea cent century BC chambers Christian Colosseum Copyright J.-Cl cult D.L. Bomgardner decoration depicted dimensions early emperor evidence façade Figure Flavian amphitheatre gladiatorial combats gladiators Golvin Ground plan Hadrianic Ibid ima cavea imperial inscription Italy l’amphithéâtre Lambaesis large number later Lepcis Magna Mactaris maenianum Maiuri major axis marble media cavea military minor axis monument munera Nîmes North African Amphitheatres Numidia opus Overall Pesce Photograph by D.L. Plate podium Pompeii probably province Puteoli reconstruction region reign reliefs Roman ft Rome seating capacity Seating estimate second century sesterces sesterces perhaps spectators stairways status stone storey substructures Sufetula summa cavea theatre Theveste Thignica third century Thysdrus Tipasa Trajanic Uthina venationes Verona Vespasian veteran colonies walls wide width wild beasts Wilson Jones zone