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Age of the Gladiators

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Youre at a dinner party, and you overhear your neighbor discussing gladiatorial games in ancient Rome. You sidle over and slip into the conversation, Did you know that an ape was once trained to drive a chariot pulled by camels? Later, you check in on the teenagers in the basement watching the newly released Blu-Ray version of Russell Crowes Gladiator. After Maximus slices through the last of his latest foes, you pipe in with, Did you know that condemned criminals (and sometimes Christians) were, in fact, thrown to lions, but they were also thrown to crocodiles, wolves, dogs and bears?

...read the full review of Age of the Gladiators by Rupert Matthews

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Nicely reviewed, JGolomb!

 

-- Nephele

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