Colloquium Anatolicum 1303-8486 3062-133X Türk Eskiçağ Bilimleri Enstitüsü Greek and Roman Period Archeology Old Anatolian History Yunan ve Roma Dönemi Arkeolojisi Eski Anadolu Tarihi Вагалински, Л. Ф., Кръв и Зрелища / Vagalinski, L. F., Blood and Entertainments. Sports and Gladiatorial Games in Hellenistic and Roman Thrace, National Archaeological Institute with Museum Sofia, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, 2009, 228 pages + plates Delemen İnci İSTANBUL ÜNİVERSİTESİ 06 01 2010 9 381 384 03 02 2010 04 05 2010 Copyright © 2002, Colloquium Anatolicum 2002 Colloquium Anatolicum

The book based on L. Vagalinski’s PhD thesis at Sofia University, has a main text in Bulgarian and a summary in English. The author aims to compile and discuss an array of finds relating to sports and gladiatorial games in Hellenistic and Roman Thrace. It should be mentioned that the focus is on material from the Bulgarian part of Thrace.

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