The Colosseum by Mary Beard, Keith Hopkins

214 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction history travel informative slow-paced

Description

The reality of the Colosseum is much stranger than legend as explained by two classical historians in an account of ancient Rome's most famous monument, detailing its construction, the gladiatorial games that it housed, and its changing roles as a...

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