Paul and Seneca Among the Condemned: The Use of Spectacle in the Early Empire

James R. Unwin

doi:10.5771/9781978711204

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Edition: 1/2024
Copyright Year: 2024
ISBN-Print: 978-1-9787-1119-8
ISBN-Online: 978-1-9787-1120-4
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 216
Product Type: Monograph

1. Dedication No access
2. Contents No access
3. Acknowledgments No access
4. Figures No access
5. Abbreviations No access
1. Offshore Detention as New Arenas of the Condemned No access
2. The Reanimation of a Spectral Sovereignty No access
3. A Retrieval of Paul Among the Condemned No access
4. Notes No access
1. 1. Spectators: Ancient and Modern No access
  2. 1. A Showcase for Spectacles No access
    2. Nero’s Golden Amphitheater No access
    3. The Emperor’s Spectacles No access
  3. 1. Out of Sight, Out of Mind No access
    2. The Threshold of the Underworld No access
    3. Sponsors and Spectators of Death No access
  4. Spectacular Landscapes No access
  5. Notes No access
2. 1. 1. The VIPs and the Nosebleeds No access
    2. The Disposable and the Discarded No access
    3. Imperial Cult Productions No access
  2. 1. Roadside Commemorative Monuments No access
  3. Spectacular Sites and Scenes No access
  4. Notes No access
1. 1. Processions of Life and Death No access
  2. 1. Images and Oil Lamps No access
    2. The (Un)Defeated Gladiator No access
    3. The Heroic Gladiator No access
  3. Heroic Struggles of Life and Death No access
  4. Notes No access
2. 1. 1. Viewing Paul Beyond the Border Wall, as a Retiarius? No access
    2. Seneca’s Contest Sine Missione No access
  2. 1. A Final Performance, as a Secutor? No access
  3. Fighting for an Alternative Way of Life No access
  4. Notes No access
1. Notes No access
Bibliography No access Pages 185 - 204
Index of Ancient Sources No access Pages 205 - 210
Index of Modern Authors No access Pages 211 - 214
About the Author No access Pages 215 - 216