Gladiators
Violence and Spectacle in Ancient Rome
by Roger Dunkle
398 pages· 2008
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This book 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. It attempts to answer questions about gladiatorial combat such as: What were its origins? Why did it disappear? Who were gladiators? How did they become gladiators? What was there training like and how did the Romans view gladiators?
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