A Companion to Sport and Spectacle in Greek and Roman by Paul Christesen,Donald G. Kyle
By Paul Christesen,Donald G. Kyle
A better half to game and Spectacle in Greek and Roman Antiquity offers a chain of essays that observe a socio-historical viewpoint to myriad points of historic game and spectacle.
- Covers the Bronze Age to the Byzantine Empire
- Includes contributions from a number of foreign students with quite a few Classical antiquity specialties
- Goes past the standard concentrations on Olympia and Rome to check game in towns and territories during the Mediterranean basin
- Features a number of illustrations, maps, end-of-chapter references, inner cross-referencing, and a close index to extend accessibility and help researchers
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