Los sucesos de Cuenca, ocurridos en julio de 1874

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Gladiadores analiza el tratamiento del espectáculo gladiatorio desde su base, sus orígenes religiosos y conectados con la política enla Repúblicatardía romana y su evolución como espectáculo de masas en época imperial. Una obra excepcional, profusamente documentada que brinda al lector una mirada global, sociológica e histórica, del primer gran fenómeno de masas de la historia de la humanidad.

Una dictadura de cuarenta años no podía prescindir de la felicidad de sus protagonistas; ni siquiera de parte de sus potenciales antagonistas. La obviedad se olvida a menudo y algunos historiadores de la ficción tienden a subrayar la negrura de la época hasta lo caricaturesco. Ajustan así las cuentas con un pasado que rechazan. Mientras tanto, otros colegas, habitualmente más jóvenes y con tendencia al revisionismo para singularizar sus análisis, observan en la misma realidad brotes verdes, gracias a un optimismo digno de mejor causa. El equilibrio entre ambas posturas tal vez pase...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...