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This Illustrated Study Lifts The Veil On Gladiators Of Ancient Rome Who Provided A Bloody Spectacle For People Eternal City And Its Vast Empire By Start Principate In 27 Bc Gladiator Games Were Long-Standing Part Social Political Life Sprawling Wake Reforms Enacted Augustus Continued To Be At Heart Roman Culture Politics During 1St 2Nd Centuries Ad While Prominent Citizens Harnessed Opportunities Offered Enhance Their Own Reputations Reward Clients Emperors Soon Assumed Near-Monopoly Provision Several Even Entered Arena Themselves Most Notoriously Commodus Quest Novelty Prisoners Criminals Women Came Participate Grisly ‘Sport’ Only After Adoption Christianity As State Religion 380 Did Armed Combat Between Enter Decline Then Beast Hunts Persisted Into 6Th Century Although Much Evidence Remains Both Literary Archaeological World Continue Misunderstood Featuring Full-Colour Reconstructions These Legendary Fighters Book Draws Upon Latest Research Author’s Findings Cast New Light Formidable Legacy Σελίδες: 64 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0304 Διαστάσεις: 18 4X18 4Cm