| Edition |
1st U.S. ed. |
| Description |
xvii, 266 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-254) and index. |
| Contents |
Chronology -- Introduction -- How the gladiator games evolved -- Chariot races and plays -- Early gladiator fights -- Spartacus -- Gladiator games under the early emperors -- The gladiators -- Their prestige -- Their backgrounds -- Their training -- Their life expectancy -- Their love life -- Female gladiators -- What did it all cost? -- Types of gladiator -- The scene of action -- The building of the Colosseum -- Safety -- Comfort -- Copies of the Colosseum -- The animals -- A day at the Colosseum -- The morning programme : hunting and animal fights -- The interval attractions : executions -- The afternoon programme : gladiator fights -- Sea battles (naumachiae) -- Dead meat -- Gladiator burials -- Carcasses : disposed of or eaten? -- The end of gladiator shows -- Objections to gladiator fights -- The demise of gladiator shows -- The decline and fall of the Colosseum -- Gladiator films -- Spartacus -- Gladiator -- Epilogue -- Glossary -- List of amphitheatres. |
| Subject |
Gladiators.
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Gladiators. |
| Added Author |
Waters, Liz.
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| ISBN |
0312348746 hardcover |
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9780312348748 hardcover |
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