The Colosseum

Keith Hopkins

Mary Beard

    Preface

    1. The Colosseum Now...

    2. ...and Then

    3. The Killing Fields

    4. The People of the Colosseum

    5. Bricks and Mortar

    6. Life after Death

    Making a visit?

    Further reading

    List of illustrations

    List of figures

    Acknowledgements

    Index

  • Cover: The Colosseum
  • A photo of the author

photo of Mary Beard by Nigel Cassidy

Keith Hopkins was, at the time of his death, Professor of Ancient History at the University of Cambridge. He is author of A World Full of Gods.

Mary Beard has a Chair of Classics at Cambridge and is a Fellow of Newnham College. She is classics editor of The Times Literary Supplement and author of the blog “A Don’s Life”.