Format:
x, 398 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
ISBN:
9781405807395
Content:
Roger Dunkle offers a fascinating and fair historical appraisal of gladiatorial combat, which will bring the games alive to the reader and help them see them through the eyes of the ancient Romans
Content:
Preface -- Publisher's acknowledgements -- Cultural context and origins of gladiatorial combat -- Recruitment and training of gladiators -- Gladiator games in action -- A brief history of gladiator games -- A brief history of the arena hunt -- The Roman amphitheatre and the colosseum -- Gladiators in film -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-385) and index
Language:
English
Keywords:
Gladiator
;
Gladiatorenspiel
