Introduction
1. Tamed Animals of the City-States of Greece
2. Zoological Magnificence in Egypt under the Ptolemies
3. The Animals of the Roman Games (to 30 BC)
4. Shows Under the Early Empire (29 BC to AD 117)
5. Shows from Hadrian to Honorius (AD 117 to 410)
6. The Amateur's Menagerie: Birds
7. The Amateur's Menagerie: Fishponds
8. The Amateur's Menagerie: Quadrupeds and Reptiles
9. Capture and Transport
10. Development of the Arena
11. Provincial Amphitheaters
12. Stockyards for the Beasts
13. The Shows in the Arena
Appendices:
A. Leopard
B. The Date of Calpurnius
C. The Gold-Finding Ants
D. Training Man-Eaters
E. African and Indian Elephants
Index
George Jennison (1872-1938) was superintendent of the Belle Vue Zoological Gardens in Manchester, England, a zoo founded by the Jennison family in 1837 and among the first open to the public.
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