Leisure and Ancient Rome

by J. P. Toner

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780745668901
Publisher:	Polity Press
Publication date:	05/28/2013
Sold by:	JOHN WILEY & SONS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	208
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Jerry Toner studied Classics at Selwyn College, Cambridge and completed a PhD at the University of Cambridge in 1993.

Table of Contents

List of Plates.

Preface.

Texts and Abbreviations.

1. History, Leisure, and Ancient Rome.

2. Leisure.

3. Definitions.

4. Leisure and Otium. .

5. Blood, Swea, and Charioteers: The Imperial Games.

6. The Baths.

7. Goodbye to Gravitas: Popular Culture and Leisure.

8. Gambling.

9. Sex and the Problematization of Leisure.

10. Leisure and the Dialectic of Rome.

11. Epilogue: History, Historicism and Relativism.

Notes.

Bibliography.

Index.

Editorial Reviews

"Toner's book is at its best in discussing the leisure of the poor. Toner offers an illuminating study of the cultural significance of betting, with reference both to the circus and to other forms of gambling." The Classical Review

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