Download Gladiators: Deadly Arena Sports of Ancient Rome AudioBook Free
A history of gladiators - with an extra bite! It's hard for modern listeners to seriously understand the spectacle that was arena sports in old Rome, which pitted man against man and man against beast in mortal combat. Our modern game titles of soccer and hockey, or even boxing and MMA, truly pale compared. The Gladiators is a comprehensive survey of the ancient sports, concentrating on gladiatorial combat and the beast hunts (venationes). While many catalogs have been written on world spectacles in old Rome, they often overlook the venationes, despite the fact that the beast hunts, of various dangerous wildlife (including lions, tigers, elephants, and rhinos), were almost as popular as gladiatorial spectacles and endured over a longer period of energy. Dr. Christopher Epplett gives a full and thorough treatment of both types of spectacle. The author starts by describing the origins of the bloody combat sports in the later Roman Republic before surveying the development of these incidents during the first two generations of the Empire, when emperors possessed the resources to level arena spectacles with an unmatched scale. The facts of working out, equipment, and fighting with each other styles employed by different kinds of combatants are protected, as are the infrastructure of the arenas and behind-the-scenes organization that was necessary to the successful staging of arena incidents. Particular attention is paid to the procurement of the countless wild animals necessary to level venationes throughout the Empire. A gladiator e book with added bite, The Gladiators will be welcomed by scholars and basic listeners as well. Skyhorse Posting, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish an extensive range of catalogs for listeners enthusiastic about history - catalogs about World Battle II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil Battle, the American Trend, gladiators, Vikings, old Rome, middle ages times, the old West, plus much more. Without every title we post becomes a New York Times best retailer or a countrywide best seller, we live committed to catalogs on things that are occasionally overlooked and writers whose work might not normally find a home.
