Spectacles and policy. Reforms of Augustus in 22 BC and limitations of gladiator's games

• Autores: Lyuba Radulova
• Localización: Ius romanum, ISSN-e 2367-7007, Nº. 1, 2015, págs. 340-357
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The paper deals with the complex problem about the use of spectacles as a political instrument in the age of Augustus, focusing on only one specific episode – the reforms of the organization of gladiatorial games which took place in 22 BC. The study analyzes the content and the scope of these reforms, trying to situate them in their historical and political context and to offer a new interpretation which reunites the different elements in a coherent system and points out their political and propagandistic value.