{"product_id":"9781846684708","title":"The Colosseum","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Hopkins, Professor Keith\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAncient Rome\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 14 April 2011 by Profile Books Ltd in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 224 pages\u003cbr\u003e198 x 130 x 15 | 162g\u003cp\u003eThe Colosseum was Imperial Rome's monument to warfare. Like a cathedral of death it towered over the city and invited its citizens, 50,000 at a time, to watch murderous gladiatorial games. It is now visited by two million visitors a year (Hitler was among them). Award winning classicist, Mary Beard with Keith Hopkins, tell the story of Rome's greatest arena: how it was built; the gladiatorial and other games that were held there; the training of the gladiators; the audiences who revelled in the games, the emperors who staged them and the critics. And the strange after story - the Colosseum has been fort, store, church, and glue factory.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hopkins, Professor Keith","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50666266394808,"sku":"9781846684708","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9781846684708.jpg?v=1734736438","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9781846684708","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}