The Flavian Amphitheatre
All the World as Stage
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20047586 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Erik Gunderson (0000-0002-5186-2300, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Pages | 637-658 |
| Publication date | 2003-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Flavian Rome (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/9789004217157_025 |
| OpenAlex | W268085742 |
| ISBN | 9789004217157 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Vespasian's Rome is a 'society of the spectacle' of a special stamp. The broader point towards which author argues is that the Flavian Amphitheatre is the site at which the play between image and reality is most profoundly negotiated without ever being decided in favour of the truth of the thing as against the speciousness of the image. Suetonius' portrait of Vespasian's reign in the next sections reveals a man concerned with the restoration of Rome. Vespasian begins three 'new works': a temple of Peace near the Forum, a temple for the Divine Claudius, and the building that would become the Flavian Amphitheatre. Buildings, shows, and pomp were long a part of Roman public life. The amphitheatre is both the product and producer of a fantasy of imperial power attributed to Augustus and made actual by Vespasian. Keywords: Augustus; Divine Claudius; Flavian Amphitheatre; Roman public life; Rome; Suetonius' portrait; Vespasian
Ancient history · Geography · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Historical and Religious Studies of Rome · History · Geology · Paleontology
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |