Blood and Power: Arena Spectacle and the Roman Empire at ASU Tempe Campus, Business Administration C Wing, Room 116
April 15, 2010 from 6pm to 7:30pm
Speaker: Alison FutrellThe popular image of Rome puts the arena at center stage. From Ben-Hur to Gladiator, our mental images of Rome center on the arena and the violent spectacles it housed; like the luxurious bath-houses, the banquets and the orgies, the blood games are central to the popular perception of Rome as devoted to sophisticated luxury, to personal pleasures, and as doomed by its decadence. The Roman world devoted an overwhelming amount of time, energy, money and attention to the…See More




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