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Laughter in Ancient Rome

Hardcover • 2014 • 1. edition

Laughter in Ancient Rome

By Mary Beard

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About the book

What made the Romans laugh? Was ancient Rome a carnival, filled with practical jokes and hearty chuckles? Or was it a carefully regulated culture in which the uncontrollable excess of laughter was a force to fear--a world of wit, irony, and knowing smiles? How did Romans make sense of laughter? What role did it play in the world of the law courts, the imperial palace, or the spectacles of the arena? Laughter in Ancient Rome explores one of the most intriguing, but also trickiest, of historical s...Show more

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9780520277168

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University of California Press

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2014

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