Gladiators and caesars :  the power of spectacle in ancient Rome /  [print] 
edited by Eckart Kohne and Cornelia Ewigleben ; English version edited by Ralph Jackson. 
 - Berkeley :  University of California Press,  (c)2000. 
 - 153 pages :  illustrations (chiefly color), 1 color map ;  30 cm. 
<br/><br/> "Published to accompany an exhibition held at the British Museum from 21 October 2000 to 23 January 2001. The exhibition is based on a concept designed by the Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, and shown at Hamburg from 11 February to 18 June 2000 and at the Historisches Museum der Pfalz, Speyer, from 9 July to 1 October 2000"--T.p. verso.  Translation and adaptation of: Caesaren und Gladiatoren. 2000. 
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<br/><br/>Bread and circuses: the politics of entertainment  Familia gladiatoria: the heroes of the amphitheatre  Greek athletics in Rome: boxing, wrestling, and the pancration  On the starting line with Ben Hur: chariot-racing in the circus maximus  Money and circuses: competitive sport as part of the entertainment industry  Eckart Kohne --  Marcus Junkelmann --  Marcus Junkelmannn --  Marcus Junkelmann -- 'Give us your applause': the world of theatre  Wilfried Stroh -- 'What these women love is the sword': the performers and their audiences  Cornelia Ewigleben --  Volker Albers. 
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<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>00059004 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA0-V4853 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Games--Rome.<br/>Gladiators.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GV31.B862.G533 2000