Iusti Lipsii De Amphitheatro et De Amphitheatris quae extra Romam libellus
Subtitle: Lipsius' Buch über Amphitheater, eine textkritische Ausgabe mit Übersetzung, Einführung und Anmerkungen
By: von Andrea Steenbeek
Contributors: Lipsius, Justus, 1547-1606; Lipsius, Justus, 1547-1606
Series: Brill's studies in intellectual history -- vol. 236; Brill's texts and sources in intellectual history -- volume 14
Publisher: Brill; BRILL
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: ger
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9789004285170; 9789004285583
Subjects: Amphitheaters; Colosseum (Rome, Italy)
Other titles: Lipsius' Buch über Amphitheater, eine textkritische Ausgabe mit Übersetzung, Einführung und Anmerkungen
Description: In De Amphitheatro, Lipsius and his tutor Florentius carry on a dialogue during a walk through their beloved Rome. They discuss all aspects of amphitheaters, as for example the gods to whom they were dedicated and the people that commissioned them. But the main part is devoted to the Colosseum and its functions, etc. De Amphitheatris quae extra Romam libellus, the second part, is a description of different amphitheaters outside Rome, such as in Verona, Pola and Nîmes. In both books Lipsius cites many classical authors, poets and church fathers, as usual. In the introduction the text of this edition comes up, but also Lipsius' observations in his period in Leiden, when he wrote these books.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-246), appendices, and indexes.

Text in Latin and German with some passages in ancient Greek.