Anne Mahoney

An interesting research/source book with excerpts of classical writing, inscriptions, and graffiti about Roman sports and spectacles. I would have liked a little more context to the translations, but any researcher can look up the writers and assess their biases on her own. I would have given the book four stars, but the translations felt too modern for me--something the author did on purpose and explains in her introduction. She translates poetry as prose. If I use any of it, I'll look up show more older translations. The glossary was particularly useful and she provides a good "further reading" section for more context. show less