01-06-2015, 07:36 PM
The book was interesting since it dealt not only with the Ancient spectacula but compared the behavior of the ancient audience to medieval or modern audiences when they watch violent presentations e.g. executions. It was focusing on the audience not on the gladiators or others being active in the arena. And it would be definitely not the book for someone new to the topic but for those who do indepth research on the arena spectacles.
