The Roman amphitheatre : from its origins to the Colosseum / Katherine E. Welch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Welch, Katherine E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Amphitheaters--Rome.

Amphitheaters.

Architecture and society--Rome.

Architecture and society.

Physical Description:

xxii, 355 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Summary:

Katherine Welch??'s study analyzes the evolution of the Roman amphitheatre as an architectural form.

Contents:

The 'Imperial' Interpretation of Arena Games 5

Chapter 1 Arena Games During the Republic 11

Origins of Gladiatorial Combat 11

The Osco-Samnite Hypothesis 11

The Etruscan Hypothesis 14

Gladiatorial Games during the Republican Period 18

The Venatio and Damnatio ad Bestias in the Republican Period 22

Other Forms of the Death Penalty 26

The Arena and the Roman Army 27

Chapter 2 Origins of Amphitheatre Architecture 30

The Setting of Gladiatorial Games at Rome during the Republic: The Forum Boarium and Forum Romanum 30

Evidence for Spectator Arrangements in the Forum Romanum in the Republican Period 31

The Middle Republic 32

The Late Republic 38

The Shape and Form of the Seating Construction ("Spectacula") in the Forum Romanum 43

Constructional Aspects of the Spectacula in the Forum Romanum 55

Chapter 3 Stone Amphitheatres in the Republican Period 72

The Amphitheatre and Sullan Colony at Pompeii 74

Army Training and Gladiatorial Combat: 105 BC and After 79

Geographical Distribution and Dating of Republican Amphitheatres 82

The Ludi of Capua 91

The Transition from Wood to Stone 91

The Amphitheatre and Campus at Pompeii 95

Chapter 4 The Amphitheatre Between Republic and Empire: Monumentalization of the Building Type 102

Decoration of the Facades of Early-Imperial Amphitheatres: The Tuscan Order 102

A Higher Order of Killing: Statilius Taurus and Rome's First Stone Amphitheatre 108

Chapter 5 The Colosseum: Canonization of the Amphitheatre Building Type 128

The Innovation of the Colosseum's Facade: Greek Architectural Orders and Sculptural Decoration 130

Cultural Repertoire of Amphitheatre Games under the Empire: 'Fabulous' Executions 145

The Colosseum and Nero's Domus Aurea 147

Chapter 6 Reception of the Amphitheatre in the Greek World in the Early Imperial Period 163

Athens 165

Corinth 178

Appendix Amphitheatres of Republican Date 189

Architectural Characteristics of Republican Amphitheatres 189

Republican Amphitheatres in Italy 192

Republican Amphitheatres Outside of Italy 252.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-350) and index.

ISBN:

0521809444

9780521809443

OCLC:

51607422

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