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Roland Auguet examines the Roman taste for blood and considers what the games, that strange combination of Cruelty and Civilization, reveal about the Roman mentality. He shows how the great spectacles became a part of city life - they were awaited with impatience, everyone discussed them, some applauded the action in the arena, while others booed frantically.
This book provides an exciting history of gladiators, chariot racing and other games as well as an investigation of their function and significance within society. It is essential reading for anyone who is interested in the Romans' violent form of entertainment.
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INDEX
Italic figures refer to illustration numbers.
actors 166 f., 174
Africa, animals from 107 ff., 113 ff.; amphitheatres in 114
agitatores 132
Ammianus Marcellinus 79, 134, 144
ambulacra 42
andabates 59 f., 211
Androcles 63, 95 f.
animals 84 ff.; capture and transport of 107 ff., 16. See also âhuntsâ
Antioch, factions at 139
Antonius, C. 26
Apollinarian Games 212
Apollo 212
armaturea 73
arms: of gladiators 46 f., 52, 72 ff., 76 ff.; of venatores 88 ff.
Artemidorus of Thebes 48
Asiaticus 151
astrologers 144
Atellan plays 167
Attalus 94, 99
Augustus 17, 30, 33, 36, 54, 60, 68, 69, 70, 83, 112, 156, 186
Aulus Fabricius 147
Baal Hammon 113
balteus 35 f., 46, 211
barracks, gladiatorial 31 f., 158 ff., 179, 214
Bayet, Jean 122, 212
bestiarii 89 f., 93, 211
âbig shieldsâ 44, 4(b)
biga 120, 211
Blandina 95, 98 f.
âBluesâ 124, 128, 135, 138, 139, 141 ff., 148; at Byzantium 140 f.; at Carthage 141, 147
Bocchus 86
bullfights 91
bustuarii 19
Byzantium, factions at 139 ff.
Caesar, C. Julius 25 ff., 68, 69, 70, 83, 87 f., 91, 125, 160, 186
Caligula 28, 35 f., 37, 44, 105 f., 123, 138, 142, 146, 155, 156, 159, 164, 165, 170, 173, 176
Calpurnius 39
Campus Martius 33, 120, 138, 213
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- CRUELTY AND CIVILIZATION
- Title Page
- Copyright
- CONTENTS
- Preface
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- Introduction: Roman Cruelty
- I From Rite to Spectacle : the Gladiatorial Combats
- II In the Arena
- III The Hunts of the Amphitheatre
- IV Purveyors to the Carnage
- V Chariot Races, Stables and Factions
- VI The Reign of the Star
- VII A Civilization Based on the Games
- VIII The Ruins of the Circuses and Amphitheatres
- Short Glossary
- Index