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The gladiators : history's most deadly sport / Fik ... Read More

Meijer, Fik.(Author).
Waters, Liz.(Added Author).

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  • ISBN: 0312364024 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9780312364021 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: xvii, 266 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
  • Edition: 1st St. Martin's Griffin ed.
  • Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2007, c2003.

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General Note:
First published in the Netherlands in 2003 as Gladiatoren: volksvermaak in het Colosseum.
"Thomas Dunne Books."
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-254) ... Read More
Formatted Contents Note:
Chronology -- Introduction -- How the gladiator ... Read More
Subject: Colosseum (Rome, Italy)
Gladiators
Gladiators in art.
Games > Social aspects > Rome.
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1001 . ‡aMeijer, Fik. ‡0(LARL_NWRL_CONSORTIUM)183425
24010. ‡aGladiatoren. ‡lEnglish
24514. ‡aThe gladiators : ‡bhistory's most deadly sport / ‡cFik Meijer ; translated from the Dutch by Liz Waters.
250 . ‡a1st St. Martin's Griffin ed.
260 . ‡aNew York : ‡bSt. Martin's Griffin, ‡c2007, c2003.
300 . ‡axvii, 266 p. : ‡bill., maps ; ‡c22 cm.
500 . ‡aFirst published in the Netherlands in 2003 as Gladiatoren: volksvermaak in het Colosseum.
500 . ‡a"Thomas Dunne Books."
504 . ‡aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 251-254) and index.
5050 . ‡aChronology -- 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.
61020. ‡aColosseum (Rome, Italy) ‡0(LARL_NWRL_CONSORTIUM)36085
650 0. ‡aGladiators ‡0(LARL_NWRL_CONSORTIUM)21263
650 0. ‡aGladiators in art. ‡0(LARL_NWRL_CONSORTIUM)158289
650 0. ‡aGames ‡xSocial aspects ‡zRome.
7001 . ‡aWaters, Liz. ‡0(LARL_NWRL_CONSORTIUM)195117
901 . ‡a78878 ‡bOCLC ‡c78878 ‡tbiblio

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