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Edicta munerum: Advertising and Promotion of Gladiatorial Games in Ancient Pompeii

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Edicta munerum: Advertising and Promotion of Gladiatorial Games in Ancient Pompeii delves into the intriguing realm of behind-the-scenes preparations for the gladiatorial games in ancient Pompeii, ...
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  • 14 March 2025
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Edicta munerum: Advertising and Promotion of Gladiatorial Games in Ancient Pompeii delves into the intriguing realm of behind-the-scenes preparations for the gladiatorial games in ancient Pompeii, shedding light on how advertising played a pivotal role in informing and enticing the public to witness gladiators engage in life-and-death combat. By examining epigraphic evidence, the book highlights the spatial and aesthetic significance of inscriptions as ancient means of conveying information about mass events held in the local amphitheatres. This study demonstrates that the world of advertising was well-established and thriving over two millennia ago.
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Price: $149.00
Pages: 346
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Brill Studies in Greek and Roman Epigraphy
Publication Date: 14 March 2025
ISBN: 9789004720213
Format: Hardcover
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Anna Miączewska, PhD (2019), works as a Lecturer at the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, Poland. She is an archaeologist and historian specialising in the ancient Roman history of the Late Roman Republic and early principate period. She is the author of Roman Discus Lamps: Studies in the Significance and Meaning of Gladiatorial Images (Institute of European Culture, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, 2015).