Animals for Show and Pleasure in Ancient Rome

by George Jennison

Deadly combat between gladiators is perhaps the best-known example of public entertainment offered in the Roman world. Wild and domesticated animals were also a part of these extravagant shows, and the elaborate presentation--or sometimes butchery--of creatures to gild an official's magnificence was among the most common forms of public diversion. Pitting bulls against bears, lions against Christians and criminals, elephants against rhinoceroses or...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812219198
• ISBN13: 9780812219197
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 209 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.4"