Those Who Are About To Die
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Krátky popis
'Grippingly original' Tom Holland'Fascinating' Matthew
Kneale'Thrilling... every page sizzles' Alice LoxtonDressed in
armour and clutching a bloody sword, the Roman gladiator is the
most iconic figure of the ancient world. Both fascinating and
repulsive to us now, he was in his own time a deeply controversial
character, by turns hated and idealized and always at the heart of
Roman culture.But what did he really mean to the Romans? What did
they see in the gladiator and the spectacle of the games? And what
does he reveal to us today about the Roman way of life?Brilliantly
written and meticulously researched, this book tells the stories of
the gladiators and those who observed them from grand emperors to
lowly slaves illuminating and analysing the all-consuming passion
of the Roman Empire for the spectacle of mortal combat. In doing
so, it reveals Roman ideas about everything from freedom and
servitude to sex and desire, from courage and cowardice to death
and the afterlife.Taking readers on an unforgettable
twenty-four-hour adventure beginning the night before the games and
ending the evening after Those Who Are About To Die gives a
blow-by-blow account of what life was really like in the brutally
unforgiving arena of the ancient world.
Výber kníh autorov
Harry Sidebottom ,
Cornerstone
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Harry Sidebottom,
Cornerstone
Výber kníh vydavateľa
Slovart
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Slovart
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