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The Sorrows of the Ancient Romans: The Gladiator and the Monster
The Sorrows of the Ancient Romans The Gladiator and the Monster
Author: Carlin A. Barton
This inquiry into the collective psychology of the ancient Romans speaks not about military conquest, sober law, and practical politics, but about extremes of despair, desire, and envy. Carlin Barton makes us uncomfortably familiar with a society struggling at or beyond the limits of human endurance. To probe the tensions of the Roman world in t...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780691056968
ISBN-10: 069105696X
Publication Date: 1/1993
Pages: 210
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Publisher: Princeton University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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