Roman Amphitheatres and Spectacula: a 21st-Century Perspective: Papers from an international conference held at Chester, 16th-18th February, 2007: Papers from an international conference held at Chester, 16th-18th February, 2007

This book includes papers from the international conference held at Chester, England, in February 2007 on Roman Amphitheatres and Spectacular. Papers From The International Conference Held At Chester, England, In February 2007 On Roman Amphitheatres And Spectacular.--publisher's Website. Introduction / Tony Wilmott -- The Setting Out Of Amphitheatres: Ellipse Or Oval? - Questions Answered And Not Answered / Mark Wilson Jones -- The Amphitheatres In Hispania: Recent Investigations / Rosalía Durán Cabello, Carmen Fernández Ochoa And Ángel Morillo Cerdan -- Amphitheatres In The Roman East / Hazel Dodge -- Amphitheatres Of Auxiliary Forts On The Frontiers / C. Sebastian Sommer -- Excavations On The Legionary Amphitheatres Of Chester (deva), Britain / Tony Wilmott And Dan Garne -- Excavations On The Legionary Amphitheatre Of Burnum, Croatia / Zeljko Miletic And Miroslav Glavicic -- The Roman Amphitheatre At Richborough (rutupiae) Kent: Non-invasive Research / Tony Wilmott, Louise Martin And Neil Linford -- The Trier Amphitheatre, An Ancient Monument In The Light Of New Research / Hans-peter Kuhnen -- Theatres And Amphitheatres In Augst (augusta Raurica), Switzerland / Thomas Hufschmid -- The Amphitheatre Of Serdica, Sofia, Bulgaria / Zharin Velichkov -- Pre-augustan Seating In Italy And The West / Tamara Jones -- Function And Community: Some Thoughts On The Amphitheatres Of Roman Britain / Tony Wilmott -- What's The Point Of London's Amphitheatre? - A Clue From Diana / Nick Bateman -- The Magerius Mosaic Revisited / David Bomgardner -- What Can The Inscriptions Tell Us About Spectacles? The Example Of Africa Proconsularis / Renate Lafer -- Reading Pompeii's Walls: A Social Archaeological Approach To Gladiatorial Graffiti / Pedro Paulo A. Funari And Renata S. Garrafoni -- Victory And Defeat In The Roman Arena: The Evidence Of Gladiatorial Iconography / Jon Coulston -- Dying In The Arena: The Osseous Evidence From Ephesian Gladiators / Fabian Kanz And Karl Grossschmidt -- No More Fun? The Ends Of Entertainment Structures In The Late Roman West / Neil Christie. Edited By Tony Wilmott. Includes Bibliographical References. Front Cover Title Page Copyright Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. The setting out of Amphitheatres; Ellipse or Oval? Questions Answered and Not Answered 3. The Amphitheatres of Hispania: Recent Investigations 4. Amphitheatres in the Roman East 5. Amphitheatres of Auxiliary Forts on the Frontiers 6. Excavations on the Legionary Amphitheatres of Chester (Deva), Britain 7. Excavations of the Legionary Amphitheatre at Burnum, Croatia 8. The Roman Amphitheatre at Richborough (Rutupiae), Kent: Non-Invasive Research 9. The Trier Amphitheatre; An Ancient Monument in the Light of New Research 10. Theatres and Amphitheatres in Augusta Raurica, Augst, Switzerland 11. The Amphitheatre of Serdica (City of Sofia, Bulgaria) Colour Plates 1-39 12. Pre-Augustan Seating in Italy and the West 13. Function and Community: Some Insights into the Amphitheatres of Roman Britain 14. What’s the Point of London’s Amphitheatre? – A Clue from Diana 15. The Magerius Mosaic Revisited 16. What Can the Inscriptions Tell Us about Spectacles? The Example of the Provinces of Africa Proconsularis and Numidia 17. Reading Pompeii’s Walls; A Social Archaeological Approach to Gladiatorial Graffiti 18. Victory and Defeat in the Roman Arena; The Evidence of Gladiatorial Iconography 19. Dying in the Arena: The Osseous Evidence from Ephesian Gladiators 20. No More Fun? The Ends of Entertainment Structures in the Late Roman West Colour Plates 40-56