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Leisure And Ancient Rome » (1st Edition)
Authors: J. P. Toner, Toner
ISBN-13: 9780745621982, ISBN-10: 0745621988
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Polity Press
Date Published: January 1999
Edition: 1st Edition
Author Biography: J. P. Toner
Jerry Toner studied Classics at Selwyn College, Cambridge and completed a PhD at the University of Cambridge in 1993.
Book Synopsis
In this book Toner offers a new way of looking at Roman society at all levels, not just among the elite, by examining the imperial games and the baths as well as gambling, the taverns, theatre and carnivals.
Table of Contents
| List of Plates | ||
| Preface | ||
| Texts and Abbreviations | ||
| 1 | History, Leisure, and Ancient Rome | 1 |
| 2 | Leisure | 11 |
| 3 | Definitions | 17 |
| 4 | Leisure and Otium | 22 |
| 5 | Blood, Sweat, and Charioteers: The Imperial Games | 34 |
| 6 | The Baths | 53 |
| 7 | Goodbye to Gravitas: Popular Culture and Leisure | 65 |
| 8 | Gambling | 89 |
| 9 | Sex and the Problematization of Leisure | 102 |
| 10 | Leisure and the Dialectic of Rome | 117 |
| 11 | Epilogue: History, Historicism, and Relativism | 128 |
| Notes | 140 | |
| Bibliography | 175 | |
| Index | 197 |
Subjects
Nonfiction
Social Sciences General & Miscellaneous
Science & Nature Social Sciences General & Miscellaneous
Social Sciences General & Miscellaneous Leisure - Social Aspects
Sports & Adventure Outdoor & Adventure Sports Outdoor & Adventure Sports - General & Miscellaneous
Social Sciences General & MiscellaneousScience & Nature
Social Sciences General & MiscellaneousSocial Sciences
General & Miscellaneous Leisure - Social AspectsSports & Adventure
Outdoor & Adventure Sports Outdoor & Adventure Sports - General & Miscellaneous