Название: A Monument to Dynasty and Death: The Story of Rome's Colosseum and the Emperors Who Built It
Автор: Nathan T. Elkins
Издательство: Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN: 1421432544
Год: 2019
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 184
Размер: 35,2 МБ
Язык: Английский

Go behind the scenes to discover why the Colosseum was the king of amphitheaters in the Roman world―a paragon of Roman engineering prowess. Early one morning in 80 CE, the Colosseum roared to life with the deafening cheers of tens of thousands of spectators as the emperor, Titus, inaugurated the new amphitheater with one hundred days of bloody spectacles.