The Gladiators: History's Most Deadly Sport (Paperback)
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|Short Description for The Gladiators Superfit, muscled, and macho, gladiators were hero-worshipped for their skills and courage as they fought to the death, yet despised for their humble status. For over six cruel centuries, tens of thousands died in the blood soaked arenas of Rome and its colonies, watched by enthralled crowds screaming for violence. Professor Fik Meijer has ingeniously pieced together their true stories from contem...
Full description- Publisher: St Martin's Press
- Published: 06 March 2007
- Format: Paperback 267 pages
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- Categories: Classical History / Classical Civilisation | Sport
- ISBN 13: 9780312364021 ISBN 10: 0312364024
- Sales rank: 266,944
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Full description for The Gladiators
Superfit, muscled, and macho, gladiators were hero-worshipped for their skills and courage as they fought to the death, yet despised for their humble status. For over six cruel centuries, tens of thousands died in the blood soaked arenas of Rome and its colonies, watched by enthralled crowds screaming for violence. Professor Fik Meijer has ingeniously pieced together their true stories from contemporary evidence, describing the gladiators' origins, daily life, training, and the odds of their survival pitted against their legions of fans' lust for blood and spectacle.
