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Author:

Meijer, Fik.

Title:

The gladiators : history's most deadly sport / Fik Meijer ; translated from the Dutch by Liz Waters.

Edition:

1st St. Martin's Griffin ed.

Publisher:

St. Martin's Griffin,

Copyright Date:

2007, c2003

Description:

xvii, 266 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Colosseum (Rome, Italy)
Gladiators.
Gladiators in art.
Games--Social aspects--Rome.

Other Authors:

Waters, Liz.

Other Titles:

Gladiatoren. English.

Notes:

First published in the Netherlands in 2003 as Gladiatoren: volksvermaak in het Colosseum. "Thomas Dunne Books." Includes bibliographical references (p. 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.

ISBN:

9780312364021 (pbk.)
0312364024 (pbk.)

Locations:

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)