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Roman Amphitheatres and Spectacula: a 21st-Century Perspective: Papers from an international conference held at Chester, 16th-18th February, 2007
Tony Wilmott
This book includes papers from the international conference held at Chester, England, in February 2007 on Roman Amphitheatres and Spectacular.
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Front Cover
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Title Page
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Copyright
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Table of Contents
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1. Introduction
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2. The setting out of Amphitheatres; Ellipse or Oval? Questions Answered and Not Answered
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3. The Amphitheatres of Hispania: Recent Investigations
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4. Amphitheatres in the Roman East
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5. Amphitheatres of Auxiliary Forts on the Frontiers
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6. Excavations on the Legionary Amphitheatres of Chester (Deva), Britain
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7. Excavations of the Legionary Amphitheatre at Burnum, Croatia
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8. The Roman Amphitheatre at Richborough (Rutupiae), Kent: Non-Invasive Research
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9. The Trier Amphitheatre; An Ancient Monument in the Light of New Research
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10. Theatres and Amphitheatres in Augusta Raurica, Augst, Switzerland
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11. The Amphitheatre of Serdica (City of Sofia, Bulgaria)
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Colour Plates 1-39
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12. Pre-Augustan Seating in Italy and the West
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13. Function and Community: Some Insights into the Amphitheatres of Roman Britain
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14. What’s the Point of London’s Amphitheatre? – A Clue from Diana
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15. The Magerius Mosaic Revisited
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16. What Can the Inscriptions Tell Us about Spectacles? The Example of the Provinces of Africa Proconsularis and Numidia
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17. Reading Pompeii’s Walls; A Social Archaeological Approach to Gladiatorial Graffiti
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18. Victory and Defeat in the Roman Arena; The Evidence of Gladiatorial Iconography
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19. Dying in the Arena: The Osseous Evidence from Ephesian Gladiators
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20. No More Fun? The Ends of Entertainment Structures in the Late Roman West
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Colour Plates 40-56
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Published: 2009
Publisher: BAR Publishing
- 9781407334615 (ebook)
- 9781407304267 (paperback)
BAR Number: S1946