Jenna Landry Frilingos’ main focus of his book is the culture and power of the Roman Empire during the time in which the Book of Revelation was written. He uses Foucault, Said and Bhaba and their understandings of “orientalism” as an understanding in the history of culture and in the context of imperialism. These three authors also used each other’s work as a starting point for their own research and understanding. Foucault used “an alternative model for writing the history of culture…” (9) and he also looked at individuals and their relations to power. He mostly looked into gender and that influence upon the state and family. From their Said continued his work but focused more on Orientalism in studying the effects of representation in the context imperialism. “He argued that the “knowledge” of the East, disseminated by a diverse collection of Western sources”. This has always been “impressed with political fact” (10) meaning that knowledge of East that was interpreted differently and in the West, in their context. Later Bhabha took Said’s findings just a little bit further and using the term “mimicry” in describing the Western Eastern interpretations. This means that in “a subject of difference that is almost the same, but not quite” (10). From all of these findings, Frilingo will take the next step from each of these authors and using the word Spectacle as way of understanding and observing the readings. He explains that his findings are used after mimicry and the way in which imperialism exists leads to the understanding of Roman authority. Through this, he will use the cultural framework of the authority held by the Roman Empire as the backbone in Revelation. In chapter 2, the visual culture of Rome has a spotlight shed upon it. Frilingo describes the Ara Pacis, the emperor cult and other types of Roman spectacles. Everything in Rome was on display and everyone was seen at all times. The power of images through statues, monuments and coliseums were only a few ways in which a citizen could view everything that was offered. The Ara Pacis was a focal point between culture and politics because it was suppose to be all about peace within the Empire. Through this, the imperial cult was emphasized in order to keep the pax deorum between the Empire and the gods by the “faith of fifty million” (24). Also Romans loved to make a spectacle out of death. There were animal hunts and public executions all for the glory of the emperor and the gladiators. On the other hand, looking at shows and theatre, the audience became apart of the show especially if the Emperor or public official was involved. Frilingo describes them as “actors in the audience” because they were “compelled to show proper amount of enthusiasm for their emperor’s thespian stylings” (15). Every part of the Roman Empire and society was being viewed and commented on, which is probably why Christians and their “strange” behaviors were attacked.