000309744 000__ 02137cam\a22003374a\4500 000309744 001__ 309744 000309744 005__ 20210513113404.0 000309744 008__ 050602s2005\\\\nyuab\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000309744 010__ $$a 2005049380 000309744 020__ $$a0312348746 000309744 020__ $$a9780312348748 000309744 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocm60651146 000309744 035__ $$a309744 000309744 040__ $$aDLC$$cDLC$$dBAKER$$dC#P$$dVP@$$dBUR$$dCRH$$dNPL$$dYDXCP$$dOCLCQ$$dBTCTA$$dLVB 000309744 0411_ $$aeng$$hdut 000309744 042__ $$apcc 000309744 049__ $$aISEA 000309744 05000 $$aGV35$$b.M45 2005 000309744 08200 $$a796/.0937$$222 000309744 1001_ $$aMeijer, Fik. 000309744 24514 $$aThe gladiators :$$bhistory's most deadly sport /$$cFik Meijer ; translated from the Dutch by Liz Waters. 000309744 250__ $$a1st U.S. ed. 000309744 260__ $$aNew York :$$bThomas Dunne Books,$$c2005. 000309744 300__ $$axvii, 266 p. :$$bill., maps ;$$c22 cm. 000309744 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 251-254) and index. 000309744 5050_ $$aChronology -- Introduction -- How the gladiator games evolved -- Chariot races and plays -- Early gladiator fights -- Spartacus -- Gladiator games under the early emperors -- The gladiators -- Their prestige -- Their backgrounds -- Their training -- Their life expectancy -- Their love life -- Female gladiators -- What did it all cost? -- Types of gladiator -- The scene of action -- The building of the Colosseum -- Safety -- Comfort -- Copies of the Colosseum -- The animals -- A day at the Colosseum -- The morning programme : hunting and animal fights -- The interval attractions : executions -- The afternoon programme : gladiator fights -- Sea battles (naumachiae) -- Dead meat -- Gladiator burials -- Carcasses : disposed of or eaten? -- The end of gladiator shows -- Objections to gladiator fights -- The demise of gladiator shows -- The decline and fall of the Colosseum -- Gladiator films -- Spartacus -- Gladiator -- Epilogue -- Glossary -- List of amphitheatres. 000309744 650_0 $$aGladiators. 000309744 7001_ $$aWaters, Liz. 000309744 85200 $$bgen$$hGV35$$i.M45$$i2005 000309744 85642 $$3Contributor biographical information$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0625/2005049380-b.html 000309744 85642 $$3Publisher description$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0625/2005049380-d.html 000309744 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:309744$$pGLOBAL_SET 000309744 980__ $$aBIB 000309744 980__ $$aBOOK 000309744 994__ $$aC0$$bISE