The World of the Gladiator - Susanna Shadrake - softcover H18 Propagandist but fascinating – with

Propagandist but fascinating – with a Roll of Honour listing the 500 British Brigaders who died

It also covers their development

Russia as well as the minor nations engaged in these epic conflicts

examining how four presidential administrations

The World of the Gladiator - Susanna Shadrake - softcover H18 Propagandist but fascinating – withThe figure of the gladiator is as compelling to us as it was to the Romans. Why are we drawn to this ancient blood sport? The usual explanation of the savagery lurking beneath our veneer of civilisation is too simplistic. Gladiatorial combat has always been far more than just an excuse for the enjoyment of violence. From its origins in the funerary religious practices of Republican Rome to the extreme form of entertainment we recognise today, the