Spectateurs grecs et romains: Corps, régimes de présence, modalités d'attention. Islam and the study of the

and the study of the remains or representations in tombs and palaces sheds light on their way of life

these grandiose representations of Heaven and Earth had to both reflect the most recent discoveries and contribute to the king's influence

of Poitevin descent

and extensively ravaged by sebâkh excavators

former chief curator of the museum

Spectateurs grecs et romains: Corps, régimes de présence, modalités d'attention. Islam and the study of theReversing the perspective and looking at the spectators: this is the point of view adopted to question how the ancient Greeks and Romans, so fond of spectacles of all kindstheatrical, sporting, religious, politicalwere themselves spectacular. How did they demonstrate their presence, their support, or their protest in the stands of the theater, the circus, or the amphitheater, during a procession or in the audience of a Christian sermon? To what extent