Gladiators

Michael Grant

Penguin, 2000 - Gladiators - 125 pages

At the heart of the Roman Empire was unbelievable cruelty, epitomized by the bloody history of the gladiators - humans set in an arena to fight to the death. This is the definitive introduction to understanding this brutal phenomenon.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Gladiators; Pelican books; Penguin books; Penguin history
• Author: Michael Grant
• Edition: reprint, revised
• Publisher: Penguin, 2000
• ISBN: 0140299343, 9780140299342
• Length: 125 pages