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Author : Filippo Coarelli
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2001
The Colosseum written by Filippo Coarelli and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Architecture categories.
This text explores the Colosseum's construction, architecture, uses and administration. Over 200 images, ranging from coins to paintings, sketches and contemporary photographs illustrate how the building has been seen throughout the ages.
The Colosseum A History
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Author : Robert B. Abrams
language : en
Publisher: New Word City
Release Date : 2017-05-11
The Colosseum A History written by Robert B. Abrams and has been published by New Word City this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-11 with History categories.
More than 1,500 years have passed since the last blood – human or animal – was spilled in the Colosseum, but the massive building erected by the Flavian emperors has continued to play a role in history. This book tells the dramatic story of the Colosseum – from its bloody gladiatorial games and the sacrifice of early Christians to the dismantling of the arena and its final restoration. The book also recounts the story of Rome as viewed from the vantage point of the empire’s most impressive ruins.
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Author : Keith Hopkins
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2012-06-01
The Colosseum written by Keith Hopkins and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-01 with History categories.
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?
Arena
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Author : John Pearson
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2011-12-01
Arena written by John Pearson and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-01 with History categories.
First published in 1973, Arena discusses the Year AD 80, when the Colosseum opened with quite the longest and most nauseating organized mass orgy in history. It was a mammoth celebration on the grandest scale, a fitting inauguration for an arena built to epitomize all the majesty and power of the Roman Empire, a building which also held the seeds of that Empire's decay and destruction. As well as his vivid account of the erection of the Colosseum, Mr Pearson discusses the origins of death spectacles and their evolution into highly organized games intended to enhance imperial prestige and provide the populace with an effective substitute for politics and war. 'Butchered to make a Roman holiday', the victims of this lust for slaughter were slaves and criminals, the human surplus of their day, coached for an almost certain death. One chapter highlights the perverted death-wish of many early would-be martyrs and decisively establishes that there is no evidence for the death of a single Christian martyr in the Colosseum. The book concludes with a brief survey of the building's subsequent history; looted and despoiled yet still the embodiment of Rome's spirit and greatness, it became a sublime romantic ruin, now exposed by slum-clearance as a gigantic traffic island. Mr Pearson is acutely aware of the violence that was endemic in Roman society, and in his shrewd analysis he draws disturbing parallels with the twentieth-century situation.
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Author : Peter Quennell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978
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The Roman Amphitheatre
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Author : Katherine E. Welch
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2007-09-10
The Roman Amphitheatre written by Katherine E. Welch and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-09-10 with Architecture categories.
This is the first book to analyze the evolution of the Roman amphitheatre as an architectural form. Katherine Welch addresses the critical period in the history of this building type: its origins and dissemination under the Republic, from the third to first centuries BC; its monumentalization as an architectural form under Augustus; and its canonization as a building type with the Colosseum (AD 80). The study then shifts focus to the reception of the amphitheatre in the Greek East, a part of the Empire deeply fractured about the new realities of Roman rule.
The Colosseum Book
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Author : Nunzio Giustozzi
language : en
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
Release Date : 2018-05-01
The Colosseum Book written by Nunzio Giustozzi and has been published by Rizzoli Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-01 with Travel categories.
By combining history, art, politics, and architecture, as well as the magic of the Colosseum, this fascinating book reveals seven different itineraries to discover one of the most emblematic and evocative monuments in the world. Every year, millions of visitors enter the Colosseum, which represents a common heritage of human history and culture. Visiting it is still considered a sensational experience, a unique moment that everyone wishes to see at least once in a lifetime. The wide and original array of images and literary pages, as well as a number of unpublished materials, confirm the Colosseum as being an exceptional source of inspiration for writers and artists until this day. Thematic itineraries guide readers on their tour, recalling the atmosphere of the past as well as modern-day links with the cinema. This volume makes a useful and delightful guide to learn more about the monument that has always had a certain “physique du role.” This affordable and manageable volume has the advantage of illustrating new and original paths to the discovery of one of the most studied and well-known monuments in the world. “Everybody knows the picture of the Colosseum; everybody recognizes at once that looped and windowed band-box with a side bitten out.” —Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad, 1869
A Monument To Dynasty And Death
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Author : Nathan T. Elkins
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2019-09-03
A Monument To Dynasty And Death written by Nathan T. Elkins and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-03 with History categories.
Go behind the scenes to discover why the Colosseum was the king of amphitheaters in the Roman world—a paragon of Roman engineering prowess. Early one morning in 80 CE, the Colosseum roared to life with the deafening cheers of tens of thousands of spectators as the emperor, Titus, inaugurated the new amphitheater with one hundred days of bloody spectacles. These games were much anticipated, for the new amphitheater had been under construction for a decade. Home to spectacles involving exotic beasts, elaborate executions of criminals, gladiatorial combats, and even—when flooded—small-scale naval battles, the building itself was also a marvel. Rising to a height of approximately 15 stories and occupying an area of 6 acres—more than four times the size of a modern football field—the Colosseum was the largest of all amphitheaters in the Roman Empire. In A Monument to Dynasty and Death, Nathan T. Elkins tells the story of the Colosseum's construction under Vespasian, its dedication under Titus, and further enhancements added under Domitian. The Colosseum, Elkins argues, was far more than a lavish entertainment venue: it was an ideologically charged monument to the new dynasty, its aspirations, and its achievements. A Monument to Dynasty and Death takes readers on a behind-the-scenes tour of the Colosseum from the subterranean tunnels, where elevators and cages transported gladiators and animals to the blood-soaked arena floor, to the imperial viewing box, to the amphitheater's decoration and amenities, such as fountains and an awning to shade spectators. Trained as an archaeologist, an art historian, and a historian of ancient Rome, Elkins deploys an interdisciplinary approach that draws on contemporary historical texts, inscriptions, archaeology, and visual evidence to convey the layered ideological messages communicated by the Colosseum. This engaging book is an excellent resource for classes on Roman art, architecture, history, civilization, and sport and spectacle.
The Colosseum
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Author : Lesley A. DuTemple
language : en
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
Release Date : 2003-01-01
The Colosseum written by Lesley A. DuTemple and has been published by Twenty-First Century Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-01-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Describes the history of the construction, in Rome, Italy, of the Colosseum, considered by many to be the most famous building in the world.
Where Is The Colosseum
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Author : Jim O'Connor
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2017-01-24
Where Is The Colosseum written by Jim O'Connor and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-24 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
A marvel of engineering that proclaimed the might of the Emperor of Ancient Rome. The Emperor Titus opened the enormous Colosseum in AD 80 to host 100 days of games, and it will astound readers to learn what the ancient Romans found entertaining. Over 50,000 screaming fans watched gladiators battling each other to the death, men fighting exotic wild beasts, and even mock sea battles with warships floating on an arena floor flooded with water. By AD 476 the Roman Empire had fallen, and yet the ruins of the Colosseum remain a world-famous landmark of an unforgettable time.