Leisure and ancient Rome /

Leisure and ancient Rome /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Toner, J. P.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Imprint:	Cambridge, UK : Polity Press ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishers, 1998.
Subjects:	Leisure > Social aspects > Rome. Recreation > Social aspects > Rome. Manners and customs. Rome > Social life and customs. Rome (Empire)

Table of Contents:

List of Plates
Preface
Texts and Abbreviations
1. History, Leisure, and Ancient Rome
2. Leisure
3. Definitions
4. Leisure and Otium
5. Blood, Swea, and Charioteers: The Imperial Games
6. The Baths
7. Goodbye to Gravitas: Popular Culture and Leisure
8. Gambling
9. Sex and the Problematization of Leisure
10. Leisure and the Dialectic of Rome
11. Epilogue: History, Historicism and Relativism
Notes
Bibliography
Index