The Lure of the Arena: Social Psychology and the Crowd at the Roman Games

, by Garrett G. Fagan

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ISBN: 9780521185967 | 0521185963
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Copyright: 3/28/2011

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Were the Romans who watched brutal gladiatorial games all that different from us? This book argues they were not.

Garrett G. Fagan is Associate Professor of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies and History at Pennsylvania State University where he teaches courses in Roman and Greek history, Latin, and ancient Warfare. He is the author, co-author, or editor of four books including Bathing in Public in the Roman World (1999), Archaeological Fantasies (2006), and New Perspectives on Ancient Warfare (2010), as well as numerous scholarly articles.

List of figures	p. ix
Preface	p. x
Introduction: Alypius in the stands	p. 1
The strengths and limitations of social psychology	p. 8
Seeking explanations	p. 13
The story so far	p. 17
Some contextual factors	p. 22
The applicability of social psychology	p. 39
A catalog of cruelty	p. 49
Punishment	p. 49
Medieval public executions and the ôgood deathö	p. 70
Combat sports and bloodsports	p. 74
Groups, crowds, and seats	p. 80
Group processes and the crowd	p. 81
The Pompeii riot	p. 93
Amphitheaters and spectator demographics	p. 96
Crowd dynamics at arena spectacles	p. 121
Spectator expectations, behaviors, and vocalizations	p. 123
Social identity content	p. 140
Theater and amphitheater	p. 147
Arenas of prejudice	p. 155
The phenomenon of prejudice	p. 159
The Roman macrocontext	p. 166
The arena and prejudice	p. 174
Gladiators and sports spectatorship	p. 189
Sports and spectators	p. 196
Excitement: the emotional factor	p. 202
Gladiatorial shows as sports spectaculars	p. 209
Arena sport	p. 227
The attractions of violent spectacle	p. 230
The attraction(s) of violent spectacle	p. 232
Affective dispositions	p. 241
Affective dispositions at the arena	p. 245
Conclusion: the lure of the arena	p. 274
Appendix: select literary and epigraphic testimonia for arena crowd behavior and related issues	p. 287
Bibliography	p. 325
Index	p. 358
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