Jeux d’adultes et jeux d’enfants dans l’Histoire Auguste

The Historia Augusta mentions a few games for adults or children. Dice and gambling seem to characterize bad emperors whereas ball games are seen as likely improve the moral and physical capacities of an adult emperor. The hoop, an attribute of boys, refers to a child-emperor, incapable of exerting...

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Main Author: Patricia Gaillard-Seux
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Presses universitaires du Midi 2020-11-01
Series:Pallas
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/pallas/19217