Passing Judgements

25 minutes
Color
Recommended audience age range 16-adult

Automatic translation by
Systran

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The Roman games are regarded as bloodthirsty, cruel and voyeuristic. To the Romans, however, they were not so much entertainment, as part of the judicial system. In this programme five classicists discuss how we have arrived at our image of the games and what the games really meant to the Romans.

Part of the series 'An Introduction to the Humanities'

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Open University/BBC

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