The Colosseum
Author | : Keith Hopkins |
Publisher | : Profile Books |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2011-04-14 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781847650450 |
ISBN-13 | : 1847650457 |
Rating | : 4/5 (457 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Colosseum written by Keith Hopkins and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2011-04-14 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.