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(More customer reviews)Beacham provides an excellent narrative regarding the relationship between spectacle entertainment (e.g., chariot races, theatre, gladiator shows) and the reigns of several of Rome's most famous emperors, including Julius Caesar, Caligula, and Nero. I thought that the way he traced the simultaneous evoultion of the Roman Empire and its spectacle entertainment was fascinating, especially given the way our culture today embraces various types of spectacles. My main complaint of the book is that Beacham does not synthesize the material into some type of detailed conclusion. He presents the information in basically an emperor by emperor format, without really integrating the material as a whole. A final chapter that accomplished this task would have been a welcome addition. I also urge readers who have no prior knowledge of Roman history to not read this book (at least as their first exposure to the topic), as he seems to assume that the reader has some knowlege. All in all, though, I found the work to be informative and enjoyable to read.
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A description of the lavish public entertainment of Imperial Rome, tracing its evolution under Rome's political masters from Caesar to Nero, and examining its political and social significance. It draws on primary accounts as well as on archaeological evidence.
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