Colosseum: Rome's arena of death

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Using state-of-the-art computer graphics, this book brings the world of Ancient Rome to life and shows how and why this most extraordinary of human monuments was built. The Colosseum was home to the most violent and deadly spectator sports in history, and the making of many 'gladiator' heroes.

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Title Statements

Full title :Colosseum : Rome's arena of death / Peter Connolly.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2003.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):BBC Books
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2003.

Notes

"Published to accompany the television programme Colosseum, first broadcast on BBC1 in 2003"--Title page verso.

The Physical Object

Description:224 pages : : illustrations (some color) ; : 26 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0563488921, 9780563488927
oclc:ocm52695971
LC Classification:NA313
Dewey Decimal:937.6

The ancient Romans -- Vespasian's vision -- Enter the gladiators -- The life of a gladiator -- In the arena -- The naumachia -- The fall of the colosseum -- The excavations.

Subjects

Colisée (Rome, Italie) Colosseum (Rome, Italy) Gladiateurs -- Histoire. -- Italie Gladiators Gladiators -- History. -- Italy History Italy -- Rome Rome -- Histoire Rome -- History Rome (Empire)