Those Who Are About To Die: A Day In The Life Of A Roman Gladiator

Those Who Are About To Die: A Day In The Life Of A Roman Gladiator

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One Of The EconomistS Best Books Of 2025 See Ancient Rome Through The Eyes Of A GladiatorFrom The Evening Before The Games At The Colosseum To The Evening AfterA Grippingly Original Way Of Making The Alien World Of The Roman Amphitheatre Both Accessible And Comprehensible. Tom Holland, CoHost Of The Rest Is Historywhat Did A Gladiator Feel When He Stepped Out Onto The Sand Of The Colosseum, His Life In The Balance? What Ran Through The Minds Of The Masses There To Witness His Likely Execution? And How Did This Bloodthirsty Ritual Come To Exist In The First Place?In Those Who Are About To Die, Harry Sidebottom Pulls Us Into The Arena, And Into The Homes And Forums Of Ancient Rome, Taking The Reader On An EyeOpening, TwentyFourHour Tour Through Roman Life At The Height Of The Gladiatorial Games, From The First Century Bc To The Second Century Ad.We Follow The Gladiators Through The Schools (Ludi) Where They Trained, Watch In Awe As The Massive Event UnfoldsFrom The Gambling At The PreFestival Dinner, To The Dawn Rush To Get A Seat In The Arena, To The Resounding Music, The Elaborate Stage Sets, And, Yes, The Public Executions That Served As LunchBreak EntertainmentAnd We Unlearn All The Bogus Movie Tropes (Gladiators Did Not Have Ripped Bods; They Were Kept Fleshy So TheyD Bleed More).Broken Down By Time Of DayVesper, Prima Vigilia, Secunda Vigilia, Up Through The Following Sunset (Solis Occasus)Those Who Are About To Die Offers Illuminating Insights Into Every Aspect Of Roman Life And Thought: Their Social Mores And Hierarchies, Their Feelings About Death And Sex And Violence, And The Myths And Dreams That Fueled The Spectacle Of The Games.

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