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Iusti Lipsii De Amphitheatro et De Amphitheatris quae extra Romam libellus
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ISBN: 9789004285170 9789004285583 Year: 2015 Volume: 236 Publisher: Leiden ;Boston Brill

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In De Amphitheatro, Lipsius and his tutor Florentius carry on a dialogue during a walk through their beloved Rome. They discuss all aspects of amphitheaters, as for example the gods to whom they were dedicated and the people that commissioned them. But the main part is devoted to the Colosseum and its functions, etc. De Amphitheatris quae extra Romam libellus, the second part, is a description of different amphitheaters outside Rome, such as in Verona, Pola and Nîmes. In both books Lipsius cites many classical authors, poets and church fathers, as usual. In the introduction the text of this edition comes up, but also Lipsius' observations in his period in Leiden, when he wrote these books.

Theatres in Roman Palestine and Provincia Arabia
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ISBN: 9004101454 9004329455 9789004101456 9789004329454 Year: 1995 Volume: 140 Publisher: Leiden, The Netherlands ; New York ; Köln : E.J. Brill,

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This volume deals with the architectural history of the theatre in Roman Palestine and Provincia Arabia, a region which comprised a Jewish, Nabataean, and Hellenized population but lacked any tradition of classical theatre. The earliest examples, erected by Herod, were actually a foreign imposition upon the landscape of Judaea, while the theatres built in the Nabataean kingdom provided no more than an architectural setting for activities which were often unrelated to theatre in the accepted sense. When the Hellenized cities in the region began building their theatres, classical plays were already disappearing from the stage throughout the Roman world, their place taken by lighter, less select forms of public entertainment. The author then offers a comprehensive architectural analysis of each of the thirty theatres so far uncovered in the area. Richly illustrated, it provides a vivid reconstruction of a world which, though long gone, continues to fascinate.


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Amphithéâtres et gladiateurs
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ISBN: 2876820463 9782876820463 Year: 1990 Publisher: Paris : Presses du CNRS,

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Les auteurs dévoilent dans cette ouvrage les secrets de l'histoire des amphithéâtres, les mystères de l'évolution de leur architecture et de leur forme elliptique. A travers l'évolution des formes se lit celle des fonctions ainsi que l'ingéniosité des bâtisseurs romains à adapter leur art de construire à celui du spectacle. L'architecture des amphithéâtres traduit ces transformations. Succédant aux jeux funèbres et aux premiers combats donnés à l'occasion des obsèques de valeureux guierriers au cours du IVe siècle avant Jésus-Christ, les combats d'animaux, la gladiature, puis les surprenantes naumachies connaissent très vite un immense succès populaire jusqu'au IIIe siècle après Jésus-Christ. Les nombreux bas-reliefs, sculptures, mosaïques et textes anciens qui nous sont présentés en témoignent

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