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ISBN10: 0801896975, ISBN13: 9780801896972, [publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD] Hardcover Hardcover. A massive crowd of people, cloaked in the colors of their beloved athletes, slowly fill a 150,000-seat arena to cheer on their favorite teams. Athletes enter the stadium amid great pomp and circumstance as opposing fans hurl insults at one another and place bets on the day's outcome. Although this familiar scene might describe a contemporary football game, it also portrays a day at the chariot races in ancient Rome, where racers were the sports stars of the ancient world. Following close on the heels of his successful book on gladiators, Fik Meijer reveals all there is to know about chariot racing in the Roman Empire. After recounting the Nika riot of 532 AD-where tens of thousands of people were killed after a politically heated tournament of races-Meijer reviews the historical background, organization, and popularity of these games. He profiles the sport's famous teams, jockeys, and horses and discusses how the whole business fed into the strategy of Juvenal's "bread and circuses" to keep the citizenry happy.Expertly translated by Liz Waters, Chariot Racing in the Roman Empire also examines the political importance of these spectacles, where patricians and plebeians alike filled the stadiums. Meijer sees these contests not so much as an opiate for the people but as a political barometer: the Circus Maximus was the only p ...
ISBN10: 0801896975, ISBN13: 9780801896972, [publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press] Hardcover 2010. 1st Edition. Hardback. From the length of the track and the need to ride small horses, to the risks, techniques, and training methods involved in racing, Meijer recreates ancient Rome's favorite pastime in impressive detail. Translator(s): Waters, Liz. Num Pages: 208 pages, 24, 19 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings, 2 maps. BIC Classification: HBLA1; KNSP; WSNB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. [Olney, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2010]
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ISBN10: 0801896975, ISBN13: 9780801896972, [publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press] Hardcover First Edition 2010. 1st Edition. Hardback. From the length of the track and the need to ride small horses, to the risks, techniques, and training methods involved in racing, Meijer recreates ancient Rome's favorite pastime in impressive detail. Translator(s): Waters, Liz. Num Pages: 208 pages, 24, 19 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings, 2 maps. BIC Classification: HBLA1; KNSP; WSNB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420. . . . . . [Galway, GY, Ireland] [Publication Year: 2010]
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