The Gladiator
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Ebury Press
Published: August 1, 2002
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780091886547
Subjects: Combat sports & self-defence; European history: BCE to c 500 CE; Other public performances & spectacles; Slavery & emancipation; Ancient Rome; History: World
First sentence: Hundreds of thousands of people were sent to their deaths in the amphitheatres of ancient Rome, whether through battling with each other or being forced to bear themselves to the onslaughts of wild animals.