The Colosseum by Hopkins, Keith
The Colosseum by Hopkins, Keith

The Colosseum

Byron and Hitler were equally entranced by Rome's most famous monument, the Colosseum. Mid-Victorians admired the hundreds...
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Author: Keith Hopkins
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The Colosseum by Hopkins, Keith

The Colosseum

$42.30
The Colosseum by Hopkins, Keith

The Colosseum

$42.30
Author: Keith Hopkins
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Byron and Hitler were equally entranced by Rome's most famous monument, the Colosseum. Mid-Victorians admired the hundreds of varieties of flowers in its crannies and occasionally shuddered at its reputation for contagion, danger, and sexual temptation. Today it is the highlight of a tour of Italy for more than three million visitors a year, a concert arena for the likes of Paul McCartney, and a national symbol of opposition to the death penalty. Its ancient history is chock full of romantic but erroneous myths. There is no evidence that any gladiator ever said "Hail Caesar, those about to die..." and we know of not one single Christian martyr who met his finish here.

Yet the reality is much stranger than the legend as the authors, two prominent classical historians, explain in this absorbing account. We learn the details of how the arena was built and at what cost; we are introduced to the emperors who sometimes fought in gladiatorial games staged at the Colosseum; and we take measure of the audience who reveled in, or opposed, these games. The authors also trace the strange afterlife of the monument--as fortress, shrine of martyrs, church, and glue factory. Why are we so fascinated with this arena of death?

Author: Keith Hopkins, Mary Beard
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 05/31/2011
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.49lbs
Size: 6.98h x 4.38w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780674060319

About the Author
Hopkins, Keith: - Keith Hopkins (1934-2004) was Professor of Ancient History at the University of Cambridge. He also wrote A World Full of Gods.Beard, Mary: - Mary Beard has a Chair of Classics at Cambridge and is a Fellow of Newnham College. She is classics editor of The Times Literary Supplement and author of the blog "A Don's Life." She is also a winner of the 2008 Wolfson History Prize.
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