The True Story of the Roman Arena
Announcements:
(1) Bring Hughes book on Monday
Background reading: Hughes, Chapter 6, “Wildlife Depletion,” Donald G. Kyle’s book, Spectacles of Death in Ancient Rome, and Thomas Weidemann’s Emperors and Gladiators
Film is available for anyone who missed class from the Olin Media Center:
Database: Cornell University Library
Title: The true story of the Roman arena [videorecording] / producer, Jonathan Stamp ; a BBC production in association with Lionheart Television International, Inc.
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c 1994.
Description: 1 videocassette (50 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Publisher Number: FFH 4651 Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Participants: Narrator, Andrew Sachs ; extracts read by Martin Jarvis, Bob Peck.
Summary: Drawing on first-hand Roman accounts and modern research, this program traces the Roman origins of the use of violence as mass entertainment through the rise of the Roman arena and the Games associated with it.
Notes: VHS.
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Location: Olin Library Media Center
Call Number: Video 2617