Public spectacles in Roman and late antique Palestine

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Abstract

Introduces readers to the panoply of public entertainment that flourished in Palestine from the first century BCE to the sixth century CE. Drawing on a trove of original archaeological and textual evidence, Zeev Weiss reconstructs an ancient world where Romans, Jews, and Christians intermixed amid a heady brew of shouts, roars, and applause to watch a variety of typically pagan spectacles.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationCambridge, Massachusetts
Number of pages361
ISBN (Electronic)0674048318, 0674726626, 0674728017, 9780674048317, 9780674726628
StatePublished - 2014

Publication series

NameRevealing antiquity
PublisherHarvard University Press
Volume21

ULI Keywords

  • uli
  • Architecture, Roman -- Eretz Israel
  • Entertainment events -- Eretz Israel -- History
  • Eretz Israel -- Antiquities, Roman
  • Eretz Israel -- History -- 70-638
  • Eretz Israel -- History -- 70-638, Destruction of the Second Temple to rise of Islam
  • Eretz Israel -- History -- Destruction of the Second Temple to rise of Islam, 70-638
  • Eretz Israel -- History -- To 70 A.D
  • Eretz Israel -- Social life and customs
  • Excavations (Archaeology) -- Israel
  • Popular culture -- Eretz Israel -- History
  • Romans -- Eretz Israel
  • ארץ ישראל -- הווי ומנהגים
  • חפירות (ארכיאולוגיה) -- ישראל
  • תרבות פופולרית -- ארץ ישראל -- היסטוריה
  • الثقافة الشعبية -- فلسطين -- التاريخ
  • حفريات (علم الآثار) -- إسرائيل
  • فلسطين (أرض إسرائيل) حتى 1948 -- الحياة الاجتماعية والعادات

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