The Roman Amphitheatre. From Its Origins to the Colosseum. - WELCH, Katherine, E.,
From Its Origins to the Colosseum
KORTE INHOUD
'This text challenges traditional interpretations and offers new ones on the origins and place of amphitheatres in Roman society, and will force scholars to reconsider the suppositions upon which so much of our understanding of gladiatoral spectacles and their venues has been based. The book's introduction is an historiographic examination of arena games and amphitheatres. W. cogently argues that there is no good evidence that arena games were more common in the imperial period, even if better attested by literay sources of that period, and that study of the Republican period is essential for understanding their development. (...) W.'s thorough study has made an authoritative contribution to the study of arena spectacle and amphitheatre architecture. This well-illustrated book, with copious citations, will change the way we approach and understand gladiatorial spectacle and amphitheatre archtecture.' (NATHAN T. ELKINS in The Journal of Roman Studies, 2008, pp.254-255). From the library of Prof. Carl Deroux.
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