Question: Outline the dominant meanings of leisure activities & public entertainment in the Roman empire including the effectiveness of this discourse.
Answer: Fronto, writing in the second century, stated that Trajan knew that the Roman people were held fast by two things – the free corn distribution and the shows; Juvenal, writing a little earlier, observed that the Roman people who were once the safe-keepers of sovereign imperial power, worried about and looked forward to two things only – bread and games. The circus was the most popular event that was held in Rome, and demonstrates the passion that the Roman people felt about competition....(short extract)
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- Subject: History
- Course: Ancient History
- Level: Degree
- Year: 1st
- Mark: 64%
- Words: 3279
- Date submitted: August 31, 2009
- Date written: Not available
- References: Yes
- Document type: Essay*
- Essay ID: 2055
