{"product_id":"blood-in-the-arena-9780292725232","title":"Blood in the Arena","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn exploration of the Roman amphitheater as a key social and political institution for binding Rome and its provinces.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e. . . bring[s] fresh perspectives to the study of the Roman amphitheater, situating the Roman arena within a larger cross-cultural framework of human sacrifice and providing important insights into the psychological dimensions of these public spectacles for the Roman viewer. * Classical World *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Abbreviations \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Introduction \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e I. Beginnings \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Campanian Gladiators \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Etruscan Gladiators \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Origines Gladiatorum \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Early Spectacle in Rome \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Late Republic: Spectacle and Political Manipulation \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Imperial Games \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e II. A Scatter of Circles \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Iberian Peninsula \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Britannia \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Northeastern Frontier \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Galliae \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e III. Order and Struggle: Cult in the Amphitheater \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Imperial Cult \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Celtic Cult \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Nemesis \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e IV. The System of Construction \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Early Builders \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Builders during the Empire \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Management \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Labor \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Military Amphitheaters \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Technology \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Tickets and Seating \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e V. The Magic Ring: Human Sacrifice in the Arena \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Patterns of Human Sacrifice \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Human Sacrifice in Rome \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Ideology of Human Sacrifice \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Conclusion \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Appendix I. Amphitheaters and Central Place Theory \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Appendix II. Pliny in Bithynia \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Notes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Bibliography \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Index \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400859492695,"sku":"9780292725232","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780292725232.jpg?v=1730471766","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/blood-in-the-arena-9780292725232","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}