Bibliographical Information
Listed below is a selected bibliographical list comprised of both primary and secondary sources.
Primary Sources
Appian. Civil Wars.
Apuleius, Lucius. Metamorphoses.
Augustus. Res Gestae.
Calpurnius. Ecologues.
Cassius Dio. Roman History.
Cicero. Letters to Friends.
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum. (CIL)
Gellius, Aulus. Attic Nights.
Inscriptiones Latinae Selectae. (ILS)
Livy. Roman History.
Lucian. The Ass.
Martial. Epigrams. De Spectaculis.
Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicitas.
Nicolaus of Damascus. Athletics.
Petronius. Satyricon.
Plutarch. Moral Essays.
Seneca. Letters.
Silius Italicus. Punica.
Strabo. Geography.
Suetonius. Life of Augustus.
---. Life of Claudius.
---. Life of Julius Caesar.
---. Life of Nero.
Tacitus. Annales.
Tertullian. Apology.
Ulpian. Digest.
Apuleius and the Metamorphoses
Africanus, Leo. Description of Africa II translated by J. Parry. London: Hakluyt Society Extra Series no. 18, 1600, reprint edition 1963.
Bohm, Robert Karl. "The Isis Episode in Apuleius." The Classical Journal 68.3 (1973): 228-231.
Bradley, Keith. "Fictive Families: Family and Household in the "Metamorphoses" of Apuleius." Phoenix 54 (2000): 282-308.
---. "Law, Magic, and Culture in the "Apologia" of Apuleius." Phoenix 51 (1997): 203-223.
Hanson, J.A. ed. and trans. Apuleius – Metamorphosis volumes I and II. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1989.
Hornblower, Simon and Spawforth, Tony. "Apuleius." In Who's Who in the Classical World. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.
Hunink, Vincent. "Apuleius, Pundentilla, and Chritsianity." Vigiliae Christianae 54 (2000): 80-94.
Kenaan, Vered Lev. "Delusion and Dream in Apuleius' Metamorphoses," Classical Antiquity 23.2 (2004): 247-284.
Lateiner, Donald. “Humiliation and Immobility in Apuleius’ “Metamorphoses”,” Transactions of the American Philological Association 131 (2001): 217-255.
Leinweber, D.W. “Witchcraft and Lamiae in “The Golden Ass”,” Folklore 105 (1994): 77-82.
Rives, J.B. "The Priesthood of Apuleius." The American Journal of Philology 115.2 (1994): 273-290.
Roberts, John ed. “Apuleius.” In The Oxford Classical Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press: 2007.
Summers, Richard G. "Roman Justice and Apuleius' Metamorphoses." Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association 101 (1970): 511-531.
Svendsen, James T. “Apuleius’ The Golden Ass: The Demands on the Reader,” Pacific Coast Philology 13 (1978):101-107.
---. “Narrative Techniques in Apuleius’ “Golden Ass”,” Pacific Coast Philology 18.1 (1983): 23-29.
Roman Spectacles
Auguet, Roland. Cruelty and Civilization: The Roman Games. London: Routledge, 1994.
Baker, Alan. The Gladiator. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2000.
Barton, Carlin A. The Sorrows of the Ancient Romans: the Gladiator and the Monster. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1993.
Beacham, Richard. Spectacle and Entertainments of Early Imperial Rome. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999.
Bomgardner, D.L. The Story of the Roman Amphitheatre. London: Routledge, 2000.
Coleman, Kathleen. “Fatal Charades: Roman Executions Staged as Mythological Enactments,” The Journal of Roman Studies 80 (1990): 44-73.
---. M. Valerii Martialis Liber Spectaculorum. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.
---. “Valuing Others in the Gladiatorial Barracks.” In Valuing Others in Classical Antiquity, edited by Ralph Mark Rosen and Ineke Sluiter, 419–45. Leiden: Brill,
2010.
Dodge, Hazel. Spectacle in the Roman World. London: Bristol Classical Press, 2011.
Dowling, Melissa. Clemency and Cruelty in the Roman World. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2006.
Dunkle, Roger. Gladiators: violence and spectacle in ancient Rome. New York: Pearson, 2008.
Futrell, Alison. Blood in the Arena: The Spectacle of Roman Power. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1997.
---. Historical Sources in Translation: The Roman Games. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2006.
Golvin, Jean-Claude and Landes, Christian. Amphitheatres & Gladiateurs. Paris: Le Centre national de la recherche scientifique, 1990.
---. L’Amphithéâtre Romain: Essai sur la théorisation de sa forme et de ses fonctions. Paris: Publications du Centre Pierre Paris, 1988.
Hammer, Dean. “Roman Spectacle Entertainments and the Technology of Reality,” Arethusa 43 (2010) 63-86.
Hopkins, K. “Murderous Games.” In Death and Renewal: Sociological Studies in Roman History Volume II, edited by Keith Hopkins, 1-30. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 1983.
Hugoniot, Christophe. Les Spectacles de l’Afrique Romaine: Tome I: Les edifices de spectacle; Tome II: Les enjeux des spectacles (IVe - Ve siecles); Tome III: Mosaiques.
Lille: Atelier National de Reproduction des Thèses, 2003.
Humphrey, John H. Roman Circuses: Arenas for Chariot Racing. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986.
Köhne, Eckart, Ewigleben, Cornelia, and Jackson, Ralph. Gladiators and Caesars: the Power of Spectacle in Ancient Rome. Berkeley: University of California Press,
2000.
Kyle, Donald G. Spectacles of death in ancient Rome. London: Routledge, 1998.
Mahoney, Anne. Roman Sports and Spectacles A Sourcebook. Newburyport: Focus Publishing, 2001.
Meijer, Fik. The Gladiators: History’s Most Deadly Sport. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2005.
Nossov, Konstantin. Gladiator: Rome’s Bloody Spectacle. Great Britain: Osprey Publishing, 2009.
Plass, Paul. The Game of Death in Ancient Rome: Arena Sport and Political Suicide. Wisconsin: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1995.
Potter, D.S. “Performance, Power, and justice in the High Empire.” In Roman Theatre and Society: E. Togo Salmon Papers I, edited by William Slater, 129-159. Ann
Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1996.
Potter, D.S. and Mattingly, D.J. Life, Death and Entertainment in the Roman Empire. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1999.
Roberts, John. "Pantomime." Oxford: Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World, 2007.
Roman Colosseum, “Types of Gladiators,” http://www.roman-colosseum.info/gladiators/types-of-gladiators.htm (accessed March 23, 2010).
Wiedemann, T. Emperors and Gladiators. London: Routledge, 1992.
Wistrand, Magnus. Entertainment and Violence in Ancient Rome: The Attitudes of Roman Writers of the First Century A.D. Göteborg: Acta Universitatis
Gothoburgensis, 1992.
Photograph (above): Bernard Lens. "Cupid and Psyche."
Primary Sources
Appian. Civil Wars.
Apuleius, Lucius. Metamorphoses.
Augustus. Res Gestae.
Calpurnius. Ecologues.
Cassius Dio. Roman History.
Cicero. Letters to Friends.
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum. (CIL)
Gellius, Aulus. Attic Nights.
Inscriptiones Latinae Selectae. (ILS)
Livy. Roman History.
Lucian. The Ass.
Martial. Epigrams. De Spectaculis.
Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicitas.
Nicolaus of Damascus. Athletics.
Petronius. Satyricon.
Plutarch. Moral Essays.
Seneca. Letters.
Silius Italicus. Punica.
Strabo. Geography.
Suetonius. Life of Augustus.
---. Life of Claudius.
---. Life of Julius Caesar.
---. Life of Nero.
Tacitus. Annales.
Tertullian. Apology.
Ulpian. Digest.
Apuleius and the Metamorphoses
Africanus, Leo. Description of Africa II translated by J. Parry. London: Hakluyt Society Extra Series no. 18, 1600, reprint edition 1963.
Bohm, Robert Karl. "The Isis Episode in Apuleius." The Classical Journal 68.3 (1973): 228-231.
Bradley, Keith. "Fictive Families: Family and Household in the "Metamorphoses" of Apuleius." Phoenix 54 (2000): 282-308.
---. "Law, Magic, and Culture in the "Apologia" of Apuleius." Phoenix 51 (1997): 203-223.
Hanson, J.A. ed. and trans. Apuleius – Metamorphosis volumes I and II. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1989.
Hornblower, Simon and Spawforth, Tony. "Apuleius." In Who's Who in the Classical World. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.
Hunink, Vincent. "Apuleius, Pundentilla, and Chritsianity." Vigiliae Christianae 54 (2000): 80-94.
Kenaan, Vered Lev. "Delusion and Dream in Apuleius' Metamorphoses," Classical Antiquity 23.2 (2004): 247-284.
Lateiner, Donald. “Humiliation and Immobility in Apuleius’ “Metamorphoses”,” Transactions of the American Philological Association 131 (2001): 217-255.
Leinweber, D.W. “Witchcraft and Lamiae in “The Golden Ass”,” Folklore 105 (1994): 77-82.
Rives, J.B. "The Priesthood of Apuleius." The American Journal of Philology 115.2 (1994): 273-290.
Roberts, John ed. “Apuleius.” In The Oxford Classical Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press: 2007.
Summers, Richard G. "Roman Justice and Apuleius' Metamorphoses." Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association 101 (1970): 511-531.
Svendsen, James T. “Apuleius’ The Golden Ass: The Demands on the Reader,” Pacific Coast Philology 13 (1978):101-107.
---. “Narrative Techniques in Apuleius’ “Golden Ass”,” Pacific Coast Philology 18.1 (1983): 23-29.
Roman Spectacles
Auguet, Roland. Cruelty and Civilization: The Roman Games. London: Routledge, 1994.
Baker, Alan. The Gladiator. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2000.
Barton, Carlin A. The Sorrows of the Ancient Romans: the Gladiator and the Monster. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1993.
Beacham, Richard. Spectacle and Entertainments of Early Imperial Rome. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999.
Bomgardner, D.L. The Story of the Roman Amphitheatre. London: Routledge, 2000.
Coleman, Kathleen. “Fatal Charades: Roman Executions Staged as Mythological Enactments,” The Journal of Roman Studies 80 (1990): 44-73.
---. M. Valerii Martialis Liber Spectaculorum. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.
---. “Valuing Others in the Gladiatorial Barracks.” In Valuing Others in Classical Antiquity, edited by Ralph Mark Rosen and Ineke Sluiter, 419–45. Leiden: Brill,
2010.
Dodge, Hazel. Spectacle in the Roman World. London: Bristol Classical Press, 2011.
Dowling, Melissa. Clemency and Cruelty in the Roman World. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2006.
Dunkle, Roger. Gladiators: violence and spectacle in ancient Rome. New York: Pearson, 2008.
Futrell, Alison. Blood in the Arena: The Spectacle of Roman Power. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1997.
---. Historical Sources in Translation: The Roman Games. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2006.
Golvin, Jean-Claude and Landes, Christian. Amphitheatres & Gladiateurs. Paris: Le Centre national de la recherche scientifique, 1990.
---. L’Amphithéâtre Romain: Essai sur la théorisation de sa forme et de ses fonctions. Paris: Publications du Centre Pierre Paris, 1988.
Hammer, Dean. “Roman Spectacle Entertainments and the Technology of Reality,” Arethusa 43 (2010) 63-86.
Hopkins, K. “Murderous Games.” In Death and Renewal: Sociological Studies in Roman History Volume II, edited by Keith Hopkins, 1-30. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 1983.
Hugoniot, Christophe. Les Spectacles de l’Afrique Romaine: Tome I: Les edifices de spectacle; Tome II: Les enjeux des spectacles (IVe - Ve siecles); Tome III: Mosaiques.
Lille: Atelier National de Reproduction des Thèses, 2003.
Humphrey, John H. Roman Circuses: Arenas for Chariot Racing. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986.
Köhne, Eckart, Ewigleben, Cornelia, and Jackson, Ralph. Gladiators and Caesars: the Power of Spectacle in Ancient Rome. Berkeley: University of California Press,
2000.
Kyle, Donald G. Spectacles of death in ancient Rome. London: Routledge, 1998.
Mahoney, Anne. Roman Sports and Spectacles A Sourcebook. Newburyport: Focus Publishing, 2001.
Meijer, Fik. The Gladiators: History’s Most Deadly Sport. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2005.
Nossov, Konstantin. Gladiator: Rome’s Bloody Spectacle. Great Britain: Osprey Publishing, 2009.
Plass, Paul. The Game of Death in Ancient Rome: Arena Sport and Political Suicide. Wisconsin: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1995.
Potter, D.S. “Performance, Power, and justice in the High Empire.” In Roman Theatre and Society: E. Togo Salmon Papers I, edited by William Slater, 129-159. Ann
Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1996.
Potter, D.S. and Mattingly, D.J. Life, Death and Entertainment in the Roman Empire. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1999.
Roberts, John. "Pantomime." Oxford: Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World, 2007.
Roman Colosseum, “Types of Gladiators,” http://www.roman-colosseum.info/gladiators/types-of-gladiators.htm (accessed March 23, 2010).
Wiedemann, T. Emperors and Gladiators. London: Routledge, 1992.
Wistrand, Magnus. Entertainment and Violence in Ancient Rome: The Attitudes of Roman Writers of the First Century A.D. Göteborg: Acta Universitatis
Gothoburgensis, 1992.
Photograph (above): Bernard Lens. "Cupid and Psyche."