Gladiator

by Ben Hubbard

Overview

• 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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781435158849
Publisher:	Metro Books
Publication date:	08/29/2015
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	1,126,476
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.70(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Ben Hubbard is a nonfiction author whose titles include Samurai Warrior: The Golden Age of Japan’s Elite Warriors 1560–1615, Gladiators: From Spartacus to Spitfires, One-On-One Combat Through the Ages, and The Samurai: Swords, Shoguns and Seppuku.