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Gladiator by: Richard Ross Watkins City Travel Guides Price: £4.95 Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 796.8 EAN: 9780618070329 ISBN: 061807032X Label: Houghton Mifflin (Trade) Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin (Trade) Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 96 Publication Date: March 28, 2001 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (Trade) Reading Level: Ages 9-12 Studio: Houghton Mifflin (Trade) Sales Rank: 628688 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Synopsis: A job that was first thought fit only for prisoners of war, slaves, and criminals, it became an honoured profession that, at the height of the height of the empire, was more than half-full of distinguished male volunteers. Watkins meticulously reviews the training of the various types of gladiator. Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - An excellent introduction to gladiatorial gamesRichard Watkins' book on the gladiators of Rome is a welcome addition to the sparse literature on these most fascinating 'sports figures' and the 'games' they engaged in. Targeted principally for the younger readers, it is still an enjoyable read for anyone interested in the professional swordsmen of the arena. The illustrations are quite good, although a more colourful and detailed medium than graphite might have better served to capture the parade-like splendour of the events. Gladiator is an worthwhile companion to Michael Grant's harder to find (and more detailed) Gladiators (also highly recommended). Rating:  - Well written concise account of the lives of gladiators.This book is not solely intended for the young reader. It contains numerous well illustrated aspects of gladiators in the arena as well as other Roman games. Rating:  - This is a nice book but it is for children and young peopleThe book is basically a pictorial book for children and not for more experienced learners. As a beginners book it gives a fair description of the Gladiators history and place in the Roman culture but, it needs much more to compete with other books on the subject. |
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