Description: Drawing on notions of personal honor, manly vigor, and sophisticated craftsmanship, the games were a story that the Romans loved to tell themselves about themselves.
Brief description: Jerry Toner is a fellow and the director of studies in classics at Churchill College, University of Cambridge. He is the author of Leisure and Ancient Rome, Popular Culture in Ancient Rome, Roman Disasters, and Homer's Turk: How Classics Shaped Ideas of the East.
Review Quotes: Successful, and stimulating overview of a complex topic . . .
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