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- catalog abstract ""The presentations in the theater, gladiatorial combats, chariot races in the circus, animal hunts, triumphal processions, and other public entertainments of early imperial Rome served as tangible expressions of Roman ideology and power. This book describes these lavish spectacles, traces their evolution under Rome's political masters from Caesar to Nero, and discusses their social and political significance."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11331391.
- catalog coverage "Rome History Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D.".
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description ""The presentations in the theater, gladiatorial combats, chariot races in the circus, animal hunts, triumphal processions, and other public entertainments of early imperial Rome served as tangible expressions of Roman ideology and power. This book describes these lavish spectacles, traces their evolution under Rome's political masters from Caesar to Nero, and discusses their social and political significance."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-296) and index.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog extent "xii, 306 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0300073828 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New Haven : Yale University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Rome History Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D.".
- catalog spatial "Rome".
- catalog spatial "Rome.".
- catalog subject "394/.4/0937 21".
- catalog subject "Entertainment events Political aspects Rome History.".
- catalog subject "PA6074 .B43 1999".
- catalog subject "PA6074 .B43 1999X".
- catalog subject "Pageants Political aspects Rome History.".
- catalog subject "Popular culture Political aspects Rome History.".
- catalog subject "Power (Social sciences) Rome.".
- catalog subject "Processions Political aspects Rome History.".
- catalog subject "Spectacular, The.".
- catalog subject "Theater Political aspects Rome History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "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.".
- catalog title "Spectacle entertainments of early imperial Rome / Richard C. Beacham.".
- catalog type "text".