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Emperors and gladiators
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ISBN: 041500005X 9780415000055 Year: 1992 Publisher: London Routledge

Greek and Roman slavery
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ISBN: 0415029724 0203358996 9780203358993 9780415029728 9786610057658 6610057656 9781134970827 9781134970865 9781134970872 9781138128217 113812821X 1134970870 1859551416 1134970862 1280057653 Year: 1988 Publisher: London New York, NY Routledge

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Slavery --- Greece --- History --- Sources --- Rome


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Emperors and gladiators
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ISBN: 1134990405 1280323914 0203332199 0203204697 9780203332191 1134990391 Year: 2002 Publisher: London New York Routledge

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Of all aspects of Roman culture, the gladiatorial contests for which the Romans built their amphitheatres are at once the most fascinating and the most difficult for us to come to terms with. They have been seen variously as sacrifices to the gods or, at funerals, to the souls of the deceased; as a mechanism for introducing young Romans to the horrors of fighting; and as a direct substitute for warfare after the imposition of peace.In this original and authoritative study, Thomas Wiedemann argues that gladiators were part of the mythical struggle of order and civilisation against the force

Cicero and the end of the Roman Republic
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ISBN: 1853991937 9781853991936 Year: 1994 Publisher: London Bristol Classical Press

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This series explores the culture and achievement of the civilizations of Greece and Rome. It is designed specifically for students and teachers of classical civilization and ancient history, and provides a collection of guides on literature, history, art, values and social institutions.


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Slavery
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Year: 1987 Publisher: Oxford Clarendon Press

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Representing the body of the slave
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ISSN: 14621770 ISBN: 0714682888 1317791711 1315810166 131779172X 9781317791713 0714653519 9780714653518 9780714682884 9781315810164 9781317791706 9781317791720 Year: 2002 Publisher: London Portland, OR

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From the ancient world through to modern times the bodies of slaves have been represented in literature, documentary and personal narrative writing, and in art. This volume presents evidence of the past sins of mankind in both art and literature.

The Roman household
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ISBN: 1280328126 058546202X 0203133390 9780585462028 9780415044219 0415044219 9780415044226 0415044227 9781134950294 1134950292 9781134950249 1134950241 9781134950287 1134950284 9781138834934 1138834939 0415044219 0415044227 9780203133392 Year: 1991 Publisher: London New York Routledge

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With the help of a wide variety of source material, particularly legal documents and inscriptions, some of it made available for the first time in English, this book illustrates the activities associated with the household, demonstrating the different and frequently conflicting roles and moral values expected from its various members: male and female, old and young, freedman and slave.


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The history of Rome
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ISBN: 0415149533 Year: 1996 Publisher: London Routledge/Thoemmes Press

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ISBN: 0862920272 Year: 2001 Publisher: Bristol : Bristol classical press,

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