gladiators

Featuring fact boxes and Web sites, this book explores the different types of gladiators of ancient Rome, including the weapons they used for protection and the arenas they fought in.

The slave and gladiator Spartacus has been the subject of myth making in his own time and of movie making in ours. Aldo Schiavone brings him squarely into the arena of serious history. Spartacus emerges here as the commander of an army, whose aim was to incite Italy to revolt against Rome and to strike at the very heart of the imperial system.

"Travel back to ancient Rome with time-traveling brothers Arthur and Finn as they try to convince a powerful gladiator to escape certain death in the Roman arena"--.

Because the Roman Army was so large, they had to be very serious about punishing those who broke the rules. For disobeying an order, a soldier would get as many as 200 lashes with a whip. And deserters? They were stoned or beaten to death. These penalties sound harsh in today's world, but they can tell readers a lot about life during the Roman Empire! Dreadful deaths and creative killings offer a unique lens through which to examine a major historical period.

"Young Lucius's life is changed forever when his father accused of being a traitor mysteriously disappears, his brother Quintus chooses to train as a gladiator, and Lucius must make a new life for himself among the slaves and criminals at Rome's gladiator school."--Back cover.

"Describes the lives of Gladiator warriors, including their training, weapons, and fighting techniques"--Provided by publisher.

Tells the story of a Roman gladiator.

Tagus is a medical slave who wants be a gladiator, Lucia is the daughter of Tag's owner and betrothed to an older man, and the two teenagers are in love with each other--but it is the year 79 and soon Vesuvius will alter their lives forever.