âĸ Challenges traditional scholarship on sport and spectacle in the Ancient World and debunks claims that there were no sports before the ancient Greeks
âĸ Explores the cultural exchange of Greek sport and Roman spectacle and how each culture responded to the otherâs entertainment
âĸ Features a new chapter on sport and spectacle during the Late Roman Empire, including Christian opposition to pagan games and the Roman response
âĸ Covers topics including violence, professionalism in sport, class, gender and eroticism, and the relationship of spectacle to political structures