gladiators

Explores the lives of ancient Rome's gladiators, discussing their training, weapons, armor, rules of the arena, and more.

Venture into the fascinating world of ancient gladiators. Chock full of captivating stories of battles and intriguing details about the lives of gladiators, the types of lives they led, and the culture of their worlds. This book is perfect for even reluctant readers. RI: Consistent text structures, Real-world examples and archaeology, WWWW and H, multiple readings, stories and profiles, block text and information summaries, fact summaries, statistics and tables, , labelled diagrams and words, RF quizzes, tables, labelled photos, bolded texts, visual organization tools etc. W: Compare/Contrast, timelines, Then/Now perspectives, Stat tables, SL Decoded words, text structured consistently, L text scaled, lower to higher complexity.

Atretes, a revered gladiator, has won his freedom and vows to find the son he believed had died, but retrieving the baby from Rizpah, the young widow who has raised the child from birth, proves more difficult than he thought it would be, and Atretes is moved to take Rizpah into his household and into his heart.

Roman general Maximus Decimus Meridius is loyal to emperor Marcus Aurelius, so when the emperor's son murders his father, Maximus refutes him. His family murdered and escaping the executioner himself, Maximus survives and is sold as a gladiator. He returns to Rome seeking vengeance, aided by the emperor's sister, a senator and his fellow gladiators.

Spartacus, a slave trained as a gladiator, leads a slave revolt against the Roman Republic.Political figures in Rome plot to aid or hinder him for their own purposes.

Presents a abridged edition adapted from the novel, providing simplified text that relates the story of Maximus, as he battles the man who killed his family, Emperor Commodus.

Offers a brief history of gladiators, describing the different types of gladiators, the role they played in ancient cultures, the tools they used, and other related topics.

Kidnapped and taken to Arena Primus for training as a potential gladiator, Decimus Rex is intent on escaping captivity and knows the best way to do so is to outshine the other slaves as they endure such trials as running on hot coals.

Presents, in graphic format, the story of the Colosseum of Rome, from its construction to its use for lavish and bloody entertainments to its dismantlement, as well as describing the recruitment, training, daily lives, and deaths of the gladiators who fought in the Colosseum.

A simple introduction to the Roman warriors known as gladiators, including their history, lifestyle, weapons, and how they remain a part of today s culture through sports such as wrestling.