Gladiators - Softcover

Grant, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140299343 ISBN 13: 9780140299342

Verlag: Penguin, 2000

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Reseña del editor:

GLADIATORS is an ideal introduction to understanding one of the most strange and disturbing aspects of the Roman Empire. How could a society which produced so much art and literature and with which we still identify so strongly have at its heart a mania for watching gladiators kill each other in an arena? Michael Grant describes both the profession itself and how the arena fights occured. He also writes fascinatingly about gladiators' relationship with their public and how the institution came to an end. Anyone who has enjoyed the film GLADIATOR will also enjoy this book - the truth is no less savage and strange than the fiction.

Biografía del autor:

Michael Grant is one of the world's leading authorities on the Ancient World and a distinguished author and translator. He has translated Tacitus and several works by Cicero for Penguin Classics. His major books include THE ARMY OF THE CAESARS, THE ETRUSCANS, HISTORY OF ROME, NERO and GREEKS AND ROMANS: A SOCIAL HISTORY.

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• Verlag: Penguin
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0140299343
• ISBN 13: 9780140299342
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 128