Gladiatorial games played an important role in maintaining the cohesion of Ro- man Society. This role was fully under- stood by the roman elites who extended large portions of the state resources to- wards building and maintaining a net- work of amphitheaters throughout the Mediterranean regions. In this essay we examine the role of collective violence, its transformation into ritualistic-aesthet- ic activity in Roman circuses, its uses by the Empire to form collective identity and maintain internal peace.
Hage, R. (2021). Violent Identity: The Coliseumand the Narrative of Death. Arts and Architecture Journal, 2(2), 29-42. doi: 10.21608/aaj.2021.234901
MLA
Ralph Hage. "Violent Identity: The Coliseumand the Narrative of Death", Arts and Architecture Journal, 2, 2, 2021, 29-42. doi: 10.21608/aaj.2021.234901
HARVARD
Hage, R. (2021). 'Violent Identity: The Coliseumand the Narrative of Death', Arts and Architecture Journal, 2(2), pp. 29-42. doi: 10.21608/aaj.2021.234901
VANCOUVER
Hage, R. Violent Identity: The Coliseumand the Narrative of Death. Arts and Architecture Journal, 2021; 2(2): 29-42. doi: 10.21608/aaj.2021.234901
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