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Author/Creator:Weiss, Zeev, 1959- author.
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Title:Public spectacles in Roman and late antique Palestine / Zeev Weiss.
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ISBN:9780674048317 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0674048318 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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Publication:Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014.
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Physical Description:xii, 361 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 24 cm.
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Series:Revealing antiquity ; 21
Revealing antiquity ;
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BibliographyIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Contents:The beginning : the introduction of public spectacles and competitions into ancient Palestine -- Shaping the city's landscape : buildings for mass entertainment in their urban context -- Entertaining the crowds : performances, competitions, and shows -- Financing, organization, and operation -- Adopting a novelty : Jewish attitudes toward Roman spectacles and competitions -- Public spectacles and sociocultural behavior in late antique Palestine.
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Subjects:Entertainment events--Palestine--History.
Popular culture--Palestine--History.
Romans--Palestine.
Palestine--Social life and customs.
Palestine--Antiquities, Roman.
Palestine--Antiquities.
Palestine--History--To 70 A.D.
Palestine--History--70-638.
Link to this page: https://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/11918435