Ancient Roman Sports, A-Z
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
Table of Contents
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