The Sorrows of the Ancient Romans
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: November 28, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780691010915
Subjects: European history: BCE to c 500 CE; Social history; Social, group or collective psychology; History: World; History; History - General History; Ancient Rome; Ancient - Rome; Archaeology and Ancient History; Classics; European History; History / Ancient / Rome
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.