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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Illustrations | |
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| Abbreviations | |
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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The 'Imperial' Interpretation of Arena Games | |
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| Arena Games During the Republic | |
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| Origins of Gladiatorial Combat | |
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| The Osco-Samnite Hypothesis | |
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| The Etruscan Hypothesis | |
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| Gladiatorial Games during the Republican Period | |
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| The Venatio and Damnatio ad Bestias in the Republican Period | |
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| Other Forms of the Death Penalty | |
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| The Arena and the Roman Army | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Origins of Amphitheatre Architecture | |
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| The Setting of Gladiatorial Games at Rome during the Republic: The Forum Boarium and Forum Romanum | |
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| Evidence for Spectator Arrangements in the Forum Romanum in the Republican Period | |
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| The Middle Republic | |
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| The Late Republic | |
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| The Shape and Form of the Seating Construction ("Spectacula") in the Forum Romanum | |
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| Constructional Aspects of the Spectacula in the Forum Romanum | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Stone Amphitheatres in the Republican Period | |
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| The Amphitheatre and Sullan Colony at Pompeii | |
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| Army Training and Gladiatorial Combat: 105 BC and After | |
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| Geographical Distribution and Dating of Republican Amphitheatres | |
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| The Ludi of Capua | |
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| The Transition from Wood to Stone | |
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| The Amphitheatre and Campus at Pompeii | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Amphitheatre Between Republic and Empire: Monumentalization of the Building Type | |
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| Decoration of the Fa�ades of Early-Imperial Amphitheatres: The Tuscan Order | |
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| A Higher Order of Killing: Statilius Taurus and Rome's First Stone Amphitheatre | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Colosseum: Canonization of the Amphitheatre Building Type | |
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| The Innovation of the Colosseum's Fa�ade: Greek Architectural Orders and Sculptural Decoration | |
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| Cultural Repertoire of Amphitheatre Games under the Empire: 'Fabulous' Executions | |
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| The Colosseum and Nero's Domus Aurea | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Reception of the Amphitheatre in the Greek World in the Early Imperial Period | |
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| Athens | |
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| Corinth | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Appendix Amphitheatres of Republican Date | |
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| Architectural Characteristics of Republican Amphitheatres | |
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| Republican Amphitheatres in Italy | |
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| Republican Amphitheatres Outside of Italy | |
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| Notes | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |