ePub Moscow Theatres for Young People: A Cultural History of Ideological Coercion and Artistic Innovation; 1917–2000 (Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History) by Manon van de Water in History

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This book looks at the worship of the goddess Nemesis within the context of the Roman ludi and offers the first complete presentation and analysis of all known archaeological finds and findings that connect the cult of Nemesis with Roman amphitheatres. The discussion stresses the political and religious aspects of the games are foregrounded; as Tim Wittenberg shows that cult sites dedicated to Nemesis are found principally in the politically unstable border regions of the Empire. The cult thus served to symbolise concepts of justice and stability; and did so in the amphitheatre; where the largest cross section of Roman society was able to meet.