hopkins professor keith mary beard (2 resultados)

Condición: New. The Colosseum was Imperial Rome s monument to warfare. The author tells 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, and.

1st edition hardback with dust jacket Very Good small octavo x + 214pp., b/w plates, text ills., plan, index, The Colosseum was Imperial Rome's monument to warfare; it towered over the city and invited its citizens, 50,000 at a time, to watch murderous gladiatorial games. It has been visited by two million visitors a year. Authors tell the story of Rome's greatest arena: how it was built; the gladiatorial and other games that were held there. Engraved bookplate on front paste-down.