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The Colosseum

By: Mary Beard, Keith Hopkins
Narrated by: Joan Walker
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The Colosseum was Imperial Rome's monument to warfare. Like a cathedral of death it towered over the city and invited its citizens, 50,000 at a time, to watch murderous gladiatorial games. It is now visited by two million visitors a year (Hitler was among them). Award winning classicist, Mary Beard with Keith Hopkins, tell the story of
Rome's greatest arena: how it was built; the gladiatorial and other games that were held there; the training of the gladiators; the audiences who revelled in the games, the emperors who staged them and the critics. And the strange after story - the Colosseum has been fort, store, church, and glue factory.

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©2011 Mary Beard, Keith Hopkins (P)2011 Hachette Audio UK
Architecture Italy City Rome
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Fantastic, highly recommend.

Fantastic, highly recommend. It really is very interesting. But any thing by Mary is always great.

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A scholarly book that's a good read!

A fairly short book that investigates and sometimes debunks facts and theories about the building and use of Rome's iconic building. Well narrated by Joan Walker.

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