The Colosseum Paperback / softback
by Professor Keith Hopkins, Professor Mary Beard
Paperback / softback
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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.
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In Stock - More than 10 copies availableFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:224 pages
- Publisher:Profile Books Ltd
- Publication Date:14/04/2011
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- ISBN:9781846684708
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In Stock - More than 10 copies availableFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:224 pages
- Publisher:Profile Books Ltd
- Publication Date:14/04/2011
- Category:
- ISBN:9781846684708