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Violent Identity: The Coliseumand the Narrative of Death

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Last updated: 28 Dec 2024

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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.

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10.21608/aaj.2021.234901

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Roman Republic, Roman Empire, Roman Circus, Gladiatorial Games, René Girard, Collective Violence, Collective Identity

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Ralph

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Hage

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Faculty of Fine Arts and Architecture, Lebanese University

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2021-12-01

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2022-05-05

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2021-12-01

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29

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42

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2805-2838

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2805-2846

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Arts and Architecture Journal

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Violent Identity: The Coliseumand the Narrative of Death

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23 Jan 2023