The Sorrows of the Ancient Romans
Subtitle: The Gladiator and the Monster
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: January 1993
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9780691056968
Subjects: Rome; National characteristics, Roman; Ancient Rome - History; Psychohistory; History - General History; History: American; Ancient - Rome; Ancient Rome; European history: BCE to c 500 CE; Social history; Civilization; National characteristics, Roma
First sentence: THE ROMAN FASCINATION with the gladiator confounds us: we see him as a twisted "athlete" in a twisted "sport," the embodiment of Roman sadism, brutality and callousness.