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Roman amphitheatres and Spectacula, a 21st -century perspective : papers from an international conference held at Chester, 16th-18th February, 2007
- Title
- Roman amphitheatres and Spectacula, a 21st -century perspective : papers from an international conference held at Chester, 16th-18th February, 2007 / edited by Tony Wilmott.
- Publication
- Oxford : Archaeopress : Available from Hadrian Books, 2009.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Wilmott, Tony.
- Description
- ii, 225, [6] p. : ill. (some col.), maps; 30 cm.
- Summary
- Papers from the international conference held at Chester, England, in February 2007 on Roman Amphitheatres and Spectacular."--Publisher's website
- Series Statement
- BAR international series ; 1946
- Uniform Title
- BAR international series ; 1946.
- Subject
- Amphitheaters > Congresses
- Architecture, Roman > Congresses
- Amphitheaters
- Architecture, Roman
- Amphitheater
- Gladiatorenspiel
- Arquitectura > Roma > Congressos
- Amfiteatres > Roma > Edat antiga > Congressos
- Teatres romans > Congressos
- Arquitectura > Roma > Tècnica
- Urbanisme > Edat antiga
- Amphithéâtres > Congrès
- Architecture romaine > Congrès
- amphithéâtre romain antique > congrès
- amphithéâtre romain antique > spectacle et divertissement > congrès
- Amfiteatrar
- Utgrävningar
- Römisches Reich
- Genre/Form
- Conference papers and proceedings
- Konferenser.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Introduction / Tony Wilmott -- The setting out of amphitheatres: ellipse or oval? -- Questions answered and not answered / Mark Wilson Jones -- The amphitheatres in Hispania: recent investigations / Rosalía Durán Cabello, Carmen Fernández Ochoa and Ángel Morillo Cerdan -- Amphitheatres in the Roman East / Hazel Dodge -- Amphitheatres of Auxiliary Forts on the Frontiers / C. Sebastian Sommer -- Excavations on the legionary amphitheatres of Chester (Deva), Britain / Tony Wilmott and Dan Garne -- Excavations on the legionary amphitheatre of Burnum, Croatia / Zeljko Miletic and Miroslav Glavicic -- The Roman amphitheatre at Richborough (Rutupiae) Kent: non-invasive research / Tony Wilmott, Louise Martin and Neil Linford -- The Trier amphitheatre, an ancient monument in the light of new research / Hans-Peter Kuhnen -- Theatres and Amphitheatres in Augst (Augusta Raurica), Switzerland / Thomas Hufschmid -- The amphitheatre of Serdica, Sofia, Bulgaria / Zharin Velichkov -- Pre-Augustan Seating in Italy and the West / Tamara Jones -- Function and Community: some thoughts on the amphitheatres of Roman Britain / Tony Wilmott -- What's the point of London's amphitheatre? -- a clue from Diana / Nick Bateman -- The Magerius mosaic revisited / David Bomgardner -- What can the Inscriptions tell us about Spectacles? The example of Africa Proconsularis / Renate Lafer -- Reading Pompeii's Walls: A Social archaeological approach to Gladiatorial Graffiti / Pedro Paulo A. Funari and Renata S. Garrafoni -- Victory and Defeat in the Roman Arena: the Evidence of Gladiatorial Iconography / Jon Coulston -- Dying in the Arena: the Osseous Evidence from Ephesian Gladiators / Fabian Kanz and Karl Grossschmidt -- No More Fun? The Ends of Entertainment Structures in the Late Roman West / Neil Christie.
- ISBN
- 9781407304267
- 1407304267
- LCCN
- 2009396756
- OCLC
- ocn413908029
- 413908029
- SCSB-1521956
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library