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- ↑ "Kathleen Coleman". scholar.harvard.edu.
- ↑ "The Roman Theater of Cruelty". Harvard Magazine. 1 September 2000.
- ↑ Allen M. Ward, "Gladiator in Historical Perspective" in Winkler, Martin, M. Gladiator: Film and History (Oxford: Blackwell, 2004) p. 31
- ↑ "Professor Kathleen Coleman FBA". British Academy. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- ↑ "The American Philosophical Society Welcomes New Members for 2021".
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