Roman Gladiators: some aspects of the shows in the arena in the early Pricipate
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https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0383.2002v23n1p101Keywords:
Roman Empire, Gladiators’ figths, Popular culture, Classical HistoryAbstract
This article discusses the gladiators’ fights and the participation of people from different social classes in these shows. Considering the work by Ellen Meiksins Wood about “the myth of idle mob” in Greece, it is discusses how some scholars have been studying this subject on the Roman world. It also tries to explore some other ways to understand the fights, as shows that fascinated the Romans and had great popularity on the Empire’s daily life.
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