TY  - GEN
TY  - GEN
T1  - Spectacle entertainments of early imperial Rome
A1  - Beacham, Richard C.
LA  - eng
PP  - New Haven
PB  - Yale University Press
YR  - 1999
UL  - https://kansalliskirjasto.finna.fi/Record/fikka.1400471
AB  - 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 engagingly written book describes these lavish spectacles, traces their evolution under Rome's political masters from Caesar to Nero, and discusses their social and political significance. Drawing on primary accounts of ancient historians as well as on archaeological evidence, Richard C. Beacham examines the stagecraft of Roman statecraft, providing illuminating accounts of such episodes as the intensely theatrical rivalry of Caesar and Pompey, Augustus's performance in what the Princeps himself called the "mime of life," and the demented antics of Caligula. He shows how Roman politicians and emperors created awesome spectacles of mass appeal in a potent exercise of demagoguery. He argues that the Roman people in turn jealously guarded their right to be entertained, regarding the theater, circus, and arena as political venues in which to demonstrate their power and vent their opinions.
SN  - 0-300-07382-8 sidottu alkaline paper
KW  - Entertainment events : Political aspects : Rome : History.
KW  - Pageants : Political aspects : Rome : History.
KW  - Popular culture : Political aspects : Rome : History.
KW  - Power (Social sciences) : Rome.
KW  - Processions : Political aspects : Rome : History.
KW  - Spectacular, The.
KW  - Theater : Political aspects : Rome : History.
KW  - antiikki
KW  - huvit
KW  - politiikka
KW  - Rooma
ER  -