The second edition of Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World updates Donald G. Kyle's award-winning introduction to this topic, covering the Ancient Near East up to the late Roman Empire.
* Challenges traditional scholarship on sport and spectacle in the Ancient World and debunks claims that there were no sports before the ancient Greeks
* Explores the cultural exchange of Greek sport and Roman spectacle and how each culture responded to the other's entertainment
* Features a new chapter on sport and spectacle during the Late Roman Empire, including Christian opposition to pagan games and the Roman response
* Covers topics including violence, professionalism in sport, class, gender and eroticism, and the relationship of spectacle to political structures
- ISBN:
- 9781118613566
- 9781118613566
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Category:
- Ancient history: to c 500 CE
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
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26-12-2014
- Publisher:
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Edition:
- 2nd Edition
- Pages:
- 376
- Dimensions (mm):
- 241x185x20mm
- Weight:
- 0.59kg
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