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The Way of the Gladiator - Couverture souple

Mannix, Daniel P.

 
9780743413039: The Way of the Gladiator
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0743413032 ISBN 13 : 9780743413039
Editeur : ibooks Inc, 2001

Synopsis

"Hail Caesar, we who are about to dic salute you"! And die the gladiators did. In a vast marble Colosseum larger than the Yankee Stadium, the people of Rome, patrician and commoner, flocked to see gladiators mangled beneath the hoofs and wheels of horses and chariots, slaughtered by half-starved wild beasts and butchered by well-armed and armoured professionals. With the Empire in decline, death and torture became the only spectacles that satisfied the decadent Romans' longing. The Emperor Trajan gave one set of games that lasted 122 days; at its end, 11 000 people and 10 000 animals had been killed. The people of Rome loved it- and they wanted more. This is the extraordinary and true account of the Roman Games and the gladiators who fought and died in the cruelest, costliest spectacles of all time!

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Présentation de l'éditeur

"Hail Caesar, we who are about to die salute you"! And die the gladiators did. In a vast marble Colosseum larger than Wembley, the people of Rome, patrician and commoner, flocked to see gladiators mangled beneath the hoofs and wheels of horses and chariots, slaughtered by half-starved wild beasts and butchered by well-armed and armoured professionals. With the Empire in decline, death and torture became the only spectacles that satisfied the decadent Romans' longing. The Emperor Trajan gave one set of games that lasted 122 days; at its end, 11 000 people and 10 000 animals had been killed. The people of Rome loved it- and they wanted more. This is the extraordinary and true account of the Roman Games and the gladiators who fought and died in the cruelest, costliest spectacles of all time!

Biographie de l'auteur

Daniel P. Mannix is the legendary author of THE HELLFIRE CLUB.

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Éditeur
ibooks Inc
Date d'édition
2001
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0743413032
ISBN 13 
9780743413039
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
144
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Personne responsable
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