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Article: Matters temporal.(Gladiators and Caesars: The Power of Spectacle in Ancient Rome on exhibit at the British Museum)(Brief Article)
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- The Magazine Antiques
- Article date:
- January 1, 2001
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For more than five hundred years the Roman emperors staged spectacular mass entertainments to distract their subjects from financial or political problems, and to retain their loyalty. Entry to these fights, games, races, and other events was free. An exhibition on view at the British Museum in London until January 21 examines this aspect of the Roman Empire.
Entitled Gladiators and Caesars: The Power of Spectacle in Ancient Rome, it was originally seen at the Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburg. Among the objects on view are protective clothing worn by gladiators, stone reliefs showing combat and chariot races, marble busts of emperors, and actors' masks. ...