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Gladiators: 100 BC-AD 200

By Angus McBride , Stephen Wisdom

Book information

Publisher
Osprey
Year
2001
ISBN
9781841762999, 1-84176-299-7
Open Library ID
OL8922267M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
11 MB (11936531 bytes)
Series
Warrior 039
Pages
68\68
Topic
History
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04

Description

The gladiatorial games of the Roman world comprised battle for entertainment and slaughter for profit. Although notorious for the use of prisoners of war, conquered slaves and condemned criminals as dispensable 'extras', some did volunteer for the gladiatorial profession. Spectacle was everything: combatants were encouraged to draw their opponents' blood and prolong death. For citizen and caesar, the gladiators created drama through their violence - and the public loved them for it. This title relates how men, and women too, came to find themselves in the arena. As well as detailing the various types of gladiator, their weaponry and equipment, it reveals what training and daily life was like for each - and how this culminated in their stepping into the arena.

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