Concept information
Preferred term
Colosseum
Definition
- “The Roman People,” wrote the satirist Juvenal in the first few decades of the second century CE,“once used to rule…but now they wish for two things only: Bread and Games.” And the Roman people had been amply provided with both:the frumentationes (free distribution of grain to between 200,000 to 300,000 members of the plebs)had been going on since the beginning of the Republic, and magnificent buildings and sites such as the Coliseum and the Circus Maximus offered entertainment many times a year. The emperors supplied the grain, the games, and the impressive buildings, aware of the efficiency of these means of social control. [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Coliseum]
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Flavian ampitheater
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Colosseum
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