Gladiator
• Examines the life of a gladiator, including the ludus, or gladiatorial schools; their training and fighting techniques; the gladiator ethos of maintaining dignity in death; and their ambiguous role in Roman society as both outcasts and occasional celebrities and sex symbols • Explores the different types of gladiator, including retiarius, or net-fighter; andabatae, who fought blindfolded; equites, who rode on horseback; essedarii, who battled from chariots; and gladiatrix, or female gladiators • Includes more than 200 artworks, photographs, and maps; plus a free poster
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• Examines the life of a gladiator, including the ludus, or gladiatorial schools; their training and fighting techniques; the gladiator ethos of maintaining dignity in death; and their ambiguous role in Roman society as both outcasts and occasional celebrities and sex symbols • Explores the different types of gladiator, including retiarius, or net-fighter; andabatae, who fought blindfolded; equites, who rode on horseback; essedarii, who battled from chariots; and gladiatrix, or female gladiators • Includes more than 200 artworks, photographs, and maps; plus a free poster
Gladiator
• Examines the life of a gladiator, including the ludus, or gladiatorial schools; their training and fighting techniques; the gladiator ethos of maintaining dignity in death; and their ambiguous role in Roman society as both outcasts and occasional celebrities and sex symbols • Explores the different types of gladiator, including retiarius, or net-fighter; andabatae, who fought blindfolded; equites, who rode on horseback; essedarii, who battled from chariots; and gladiatrix, or female gladiators • Includes more than 200 artworks, photographs, and maps; plus a free poster
• Examines the life of a gladiator, including the ludus, or gladiatorial schools; their training and fighting techniques; the gladiator ethos of maintaining dignity in death; and their ambiguous role in Roman society as both outcasts and occasional celebrities and sex symbols • Explores the different types of gladiator, including retiarius, or net-fighter; andabatae, who fought blindfolded; equites, who rode on horseback; essedarii, who battled from chariots; and gladiatrix, or female gladiators • Includes more than 200 artworks, photographs, and maps; plus a free poster
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781435158849 |
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Publisher: | Metro Books |
Publication date: | 08/29/2015 |
Pages: | 224 |
Sales rank: | 266,443 |
Product dimensions: | 8.50(w) x 11.70(h) x 1.10(d) |
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