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The Roman gladiator has long been a figure of fascination. Portrayed frequently in fine art and popular culture alike, the gladiator is both a real part of history and a legend of a romanticized past. We know that these men entertained Roman audiences by fighting in dangerous and often deadly games. But who were the gladiators? What were their lives like? And why do they continue to have such a strong hold on our imagination, centuries after the fall of the Roman Empire?

Why didn't the ancient Greeks or Romans wear pants? How did they shave? How likely were they to drink fine wine, use birth control, or survive surgery? In a series of short and humorous essays, Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants explores some of the questions about the Greeks and Romans that ancient historian Garrett Ryan has answered in the classroom and online. Unlike most books on the classical world, the focus is not on famous figures or events, but on the fascinating details of daily life.

The Age of the Gladiators explores many savage spectacles of Ancient Rome, many of which have become proverbial for their cruelty, bloodlust and glory. From Gladiator fights in grand amphitheaters to chariot racing at the Circus Maximus, Romans had their pick of extreme spectator sports.

Werden Sie Gladiator! Begeistern Sie die jubelnde Menge, gewinnen Sie Ruhm und Ehre in einer der glorreichsten Stätten Roms - und das alles in Gegenwart des Kaisers höchstpersönlich! Würden Sie nicht töten für solch einen Job ? Philip Matyszak erzählt unterhaltsam und pointiert, dabei aber stets sachlich fundiert von allen Aspekten einer römischen Gladiatorenkarriere: Wie wird man Gladiator? Wie ergreift man diesen zwar tödlichen, aber doch glanzvollsten aller Berufe?

Title: Gladiator II: A Journey Back to Rome’s Bloody Arena and the Weight of Legacy Gladiator II, directed by Ridley Scott, serves as the highly anticipated sequel to the 2000 epic. Picking up decades after Maximus’s death, the film follows Lucius Verus (Paul Mescal), the young boy from the first movie and now a grown man navigating Rome's political and moral complexities. Under the mentorship of Macrinus (Denzel Washington), a former gladiator himself, Lucius is thrust into a world where honor and survival are at odds, and he must grapple with his past, the memory of Maximus, and his ...

73 vor Christus brechen mehrere Männer aus einer Gladiatorenschule in Capua aus. Unter ihnen ist Spartacus, dem es gelingt, ein riesiges Rebellenheer aus entlaufenen Sklaven zu formieren. Es stellt sich den Truppen der Römischen Republik entgegen und kämpft verzweifelt für ein Leben in Freiheit. Haupterzähler Dietmar Wunder ist Schauspieler und gehört zu Deutschlands beliebtesten Hörbuchinterpreten.

FIRE AND SWORD is the unputdownable third novel in Simon Scarrow's bestselling Wellington and Napoleon Quartet. A must read for fans of Robert Harris. 1804. Napoleon Bonaparte is Emperor of France, his ultimate aim: to rule Europe. After defeat at the Battle of Trafalgar, he wins a glorious...