The Oxford Handbook of Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World

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The Oxford Handbook of Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World is written by Alison Futrell and published by Oxford University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 019959208X (ISBN 10) and 9780199592081 (ISBN 13).

Examines the history of ancient sport and spectacle in Greece and Rome, as well as issues of class, civic contexts, spaces, health, gender, and sexuality, Blends Greek and Roman topics to illuminate tensions and complementarities between different social and political contexts, Authoritative scholars present novel insights and new avenues of research to give readers contemporary interpretations of Greek sport and Roman spectacle Book jacket.