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Stunning circus sights
TOM KING recommends a visual history of one of the oldest forms of entertainment
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BREAD and circuses, readers of this paper won’t need reminding, were said to be the two ways the Roman elite appeased the citizens of its vast empire. With their appetites sated and minds distracted, there was little risk of an uprising until, of course, Spartacus came along.
[[{"fid":"6847","view_mode":"inlineright","fields":{"format":"inlineright","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":false,"field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":false},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"2":{"format":"inlineright","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":false,"field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":false}},"attributes":{"class":"media-element file-inlineright","data-delta":"2"}}]]Somewhat appropriately, Pascal Jacob’s The Circus: A Visual History — a hefty and vibrant collection of images depicting the age-old spectacle – begins with the Colosseum, the world’s most famous amphitheatre, where Roman citizens could expect an afternoon of chariot racing, wild animals, combat and bloodshed.
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