Spectacle entertainments of early imperial Rome / Richard C. Beacham
1999, First Edition. New Haven : Yale University Press. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. A few pages bear highlighter markings. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #445955
ISBN: 0300073828
Physical description: xii, 306 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Contents: Introduction -- The setup: public entertainments in the Late Republic -- Playing for power: the Age of the Dynasts -- The state craft and stagecraft of Augustus -- Playing for keeps: the politics of pageantry in the Early Principate -- Nero: no business but show business. Subjects: 30 B.C.-284 A.D. Entertainment events Political aspects Rome History. Popular culture Political aspects Rome History. Theater Political aspects Rome History.
Price: €12.95