Violent Identity: The Coliseumand the Narrative of Death | ||
| Arts and Architecture Journal | ||
| Volume 2, Issue 2, December 2021, Pages 29-42 PDF (207.78 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/aaj.2021.234901 | ||
| Author | ||
| Ralph Hage | ||
| Faculty of Fine Arts and Architecture, Lebanese University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Gladiatorial games played an important role in maintaining the cohesion of Ro- man Society. This role was fully under- stood by the roman elites who extended large portions of the state resources to- wards building and maintaining a net- work of amphitheaters throughout the Mediterranean regions. In this essay we examine the role of collective violence, its transformation into ritualistic-aesthet- ic activity in Roman circuses, its uses by the Empire to form collective identity and maintain internal peace. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Roman Republic; Roman Empire; Roman Circus; Gladiatorial Games; René Girard; Collective Violence; Collective Identity | ||
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