The Sorrows of the Ancient Romans: The Gladiator and the Monster by Carlin A. Barton

The Sorrows of the Ancient Romans: The Gladiator and the Monster

Carlin A. Barton

210 pages first pub 1992 (editions)

nonfiction classics history challenging informative slow-paced
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This inquiry into the collective psychology of the ancient Romans speaks not about military conquest, sober law, and practical politics, but about extremes of despair, desire, and envy. Carlin Barton makes us uncomfortably familiar with a society ...

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