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Laughter in Ancient Rome: How They Joke and What They Laughed at in the Eternal City

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What did the ancient Romans joke about? What made them “smile ironically” or “roll with laughter”? What role did jokes play at the imperial court, in the gladiator arenas, and even in court? The reader will find answers to these and many other questions in this publication. Mary Beard, a renowned British expert on Ancient Rome, explores one of the most intriguing and complex issues — the culture of laughter. Drawing on a wide range of sources — from Virgil’s immortal Bucolics and Apuleius’s provocative novel The Golden Ass to the oldest collection of jokes, Philogelos, and Macrobius’s witty treatise, Saturnalia — the author introduces the reader to ancient Roman humor, trying to answer the main question: will we ever be able to truly understand Roman jokes? The publication is addressed to historians, classical philologists and a wide range of readers interested in the culture of Antiquity.
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