The Colosseum Arena Of Death
...dynasty?
Table of Contents
Introduction
I. Emperors and Politics of the Period.
II. Martial's On the Spectacles' and the opening of the Flavian Amphitheater
.
III. The Flavian Amphitheater
and Rome.
Conclusion
Bibliography
Introduction
In this Extended Essay I will attempt to examine how the construction and subsequent use of the Flavian Amphitheater
in Rome effected the fortunes of the Flavian Dynasty. In chapter 1 I will examine the rise to power of Vespasian after Nero and the year of the four emperors, followed by Titus and Domition the other two emperors which make up the Flavian dynasty. I will discuss the collapse of the Flavian dynasty under Domitian and how his use of the Flavian Amphitheater
effected this. I will also discuss the building itself not only as a symbol of imperial power but as a propaganda coup for the administration In Chapter 2 I will discuss the Opening Games in the Flavian Amphitheater
and the effect this had on Rome's people. I will also examine some of Martial's Poems on the opening of the games as my primary source. This will give a general idea of the type of spectacle and atmosphere that would have been inside the Flavian Amphitheater
at this time. In my Third and final Chapter I will briefly discuss the effects the building itself had on Rome. The Flavian Ampitheater
s effect on the politics of the period and I will also talk about the political importance of public buildings in insuring a positive legacy for the emperors and what this spectacular amphitheater
did to effect the political fortunes of this dynasty in antiquity.
Chapter I. Emperors and Politics of the period.
After the reign of Nero which ended with his death in A.D. 68, eighteen months of civil unrest ensued, this period has come to be referred
to as the Year of the four emperors'. As we already know in this time...
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