Ancient Roman Sports, A-Z

Editor/Author Matz, David
Publication Year: 2019
Publisher: McFarland

Price: Core Collection Only
ISBN: 978-1-47-667169-7
Category: History - History, Ancient
Book Status: Available
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This reference book covers sporting events and activities of the era and the Romans who sponsored, competed in and attended them.

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Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • A
  • Administering and publicizing gladiatorial shows
  • Alypius and the gladiators
  • Ammianus Marcellinus: his attitude toward charioteers and their fan base
  • Amphitheater collapse
  • Androcles and the lion
  • Apollonius (gladiator)
  • Appuleius Diocles (charioteer)
  • Asclepiades (pankratriast)
  • Athletes (Athletae)
  • Augustus and Roman sports
  • The Aurelian Guild
  • B
  • Bestiarii
  • Betting on chariot races
  • Boar hunting (Pliny's account)
  • Boat racing
  • Boxing
  • Bread and circuses
  • C
  • Caligula and Roman sports
  • Calpurnianus, Publius Aelius Gutta (charioteer)
  • Cassiodorus on chariot racing
  • Catianus (charioteer)
  • The Chelidonius list of Roman charioteers
  • Cicero on Roman gladiators
  • Circus Maximus: architectural terms
  • Circus Maximus: history
  • Claudius and Roman sports
  • Commodus, Marcus Aurelius, and Roman sports
  • Consentius (charioteer)
  • Crescens (charioteer and gladiator)
  • Curio's rotating amphitheater
  • D
  • (A) Day at the races
  • (A) Day at the shows
  • Domitian and Roman sports
  • Driverless horses
  • E
  • Essedarius (pl. essedarii)
  • Etruscan origins of gladiatorial shows
  • F
  • Factions. (Latin factio; pl. factiones)
  • (A) Fifth century BCE Roman festival
  • Flavian Amphitheater
  • Florus (charioteer)
  • Foot racing
  • Fuscus (charioteer)
  • G
  • (A) Generous munerarius
  • Gladiatorial cups
  • Gladiatorial demographics
  • Gladiatorial(?) tesserae
  • Glaucus (gladiator)
  • H
  • Hadrian and Roman sports
  • Hermes the gladiator
  • A hunting accident … or murder?
  • (A) hypothetical gladiator joins the ranks
  • I
  • Incitatus (charioteer … and a race horse)
  • J
  • Julius Caesar and Roman sports
  • Juvenal and Roman sports
  • Juvenal on prospective female gladiators
  • L
  • Ludus
  • Ludus Gladiatorius (Gladiatorial School)
  • M
  • Martial on Roman sports
  • Martial's On the Spectacles.
  • Musclosus (charioteer)
  • Musical performances
  • N
  • Naumachiae
  • Nero and Roman sports
  • O
  • Ovid's description of a young man attempting to attract a lady at the chariot races
  • P
  • Pacideianus (gladiator)
  • Pedibus ad quadrigam
  • Petronius and Roman sports
  • Physician to the gladiators
  • Pliny the Younger on chariot racing
  • Pompey the Great's games
  • Probus and Roman sports
  • Provocator
  • Publicizing a gladiatorial show
  • Publius Vatinius as munerarius
  • R
  • Race horses in inscriptions
  • Race horses in Plutarch
  • Res Gestae of Augustus
  • Retiarius (pl. retiarii)
  • (A) Riot in the amphitheater: 59 ce.
  • S
  • Scipio's funeral games, as described by Silius Italicus
  • Scirtus (charioteer)
  • Scorpus, Flavius (charioteer)
  • Secutor (pl. secutores; sometimes also known as Samnites)
  • Secundus, a.k.a. “The Mosquito” (gladiator)
  • Selling gladiators
  • Seneca the Younger on Roman sports
  • Septimius Severus and Roman sports
  • Sergius the gladiator, and the senator's wife
  • Severus Alexander and Roman sports
  • Shark attack!
  • Sisinnes, an accidental gladiator
  • Spartacus: gladiator and rebel
  • Swimming under duress
  • Swordfish: A Dangerous Catch
  • T
  • Tertullian on Roman sports
  • Thracians (Thraex; pl. Thraces)
  • Trajan as hunter and sailor
  • Troy Game
  • Two gladiatorial familiae
  • U
  • Unnamed(?) retiarius
  • V
  • Venatio (pl. venationes)
  • W
  • Wounded in dignity only: An embarrassing moment for a fisherman
  • Appendix I. Glossary of Terms
  • Appendix II. Chariot Racing and gladiatorial Shows
  • Appendix III. important Dates in Roman general History and Sports history
  • Appendix IV. Ancient Authors Cited in the Text
  • Bibliography