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  Short, John Thomas: The Last Gladiatorial Show

  Erscheinungsdatum: 31.10.2019, Medium: Taschenbuch, Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert, Titel: The Last Gladiatorial Show, Autor: Short, John Thomas, Verlag: hansebooks, Sprache: Englisch, Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften allgemein, Seiten: 300, Informationen: Paperback, Gewicht: 462 gr, Verkäufer: averdo

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  The Roman Gladiators: The History and Legacy of Ancient Rome's Most Famous Warriors , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 90min

  He vows to endure to be burned, to be bound, to be beaten, and to be killed by the sword. - The gladiator's oath, according to Petronius in the Satyricon. Gladiators are somewhat synonymous with ancient Rome, and even thousands of years after they performed on the sands, when people are asked about Roman culture, many think about and refer to the bloody spectacles of men fighting to the death in the arena. Gladiatorial combat is often regarded as barbaric, and most find it very difficult to comprehend how people could have enjoyed watching something so violent, but nevertheless, the spectacle still intrigues and fascinates people today, whether in movies like Gladiator or television shows about Spartacus. Gladiatorial combat traces its origins back to the early Republican period from the fifth to the third century B.C., but it's still unclear where these combats first appeared. Credit has been given to both the Etruscans in northern Italy and the Campanians in southern Italy, though the first recorded gladiatorial combat occurred in the third century B.C. at the funeral of D. Junius Brutus Pera. His sons organized a combat between three different pairs of gladiators who fought at their father's grave, but exactly what these first gladiatorial combats were supposed to represent remains unclear. Some believe that the spilling of human blood was a way of offering a sacrifice to the dead, while others suggest that the contests themselves were a funeral offering in honor of the dead. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michael Gilboe. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/039321/bk_acx0_039321_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Asterix: Asterix and The Cauldron

  The latest action-packed adventure from our indomitable Gauls, Asterix and the Griffin, is out now! Financial skulduggery in ancient Gaul! When local Chielf Whosemoralsarelastix wants a cauldron full of money kept out of Roman hands, the cash disappears while Asterix is guarding it. He and Obelix must earn enough to repay it through fairground gladiatorial contests, trendy theatrical performances, even bank robbery - they'll try anything. But whose morals are really eleastic? And how do the pirates, just for once, get an unexpected bonus.

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  Blood in the Arena: The Spectacle of Roman Power , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 631min

  From the center of imperial Rome to the farthest reaches of ancient Britain, Gaul, and Spain, amphitheaters marked the landscape of the Western Roman Empire. Built to bring Roman institutions and the spectacle of Roman power to conquered people, many still remain as witnesses to the extent and control of the empire.In this audiobook, Alison Futrell explores the arena as a key social and political institution for binding Rome and its provinces. She begins with the origins of the gladiatorial contest and shows how it came to play an important role in restructuring Roman authority in the later republic. She then traces the spread of amphitheaters across the Western empire as a means of transmitting and maintaining Roman culture and control in the provinces.Futrell also examines the larger implications of the arena as a venue for the ritualized mass slaughter of human beings, showing how the gladiatorial contest took on both religious and political overtones. This wide-ranging study, which draws insights from archaeology and anthropology, as well as classics, broadens our understanding of the gladiatorial contest and its place within the highly politicized cult practice of the Roman Empire.The book is published by University of Texas Press. The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks.Praise for the book:“Brings fresh perspectives to the study of the Roman amphitheater…important insights into the psychological dimensions of these public spectacles for the Roman viewer.” (Classical World) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Devon Y. Enyedy. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/185212/bk_acx0_185212_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Screaming of the Tyrannosaur: Colosseums for Dinosaurs, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 55min

  This day has gone long enough, without a death.Taken from her home at a young age, Mai Changying is isolated and trained for life in the arena, competing on the backs of stampeding triceratops and other great beasts resurrected from millions of years in the past. But under her timberwolf tattoo and the ferocity of her competitive spirit, she has a secret desire - a longing for a pack, a family, a people.Today, in a thrilling race on a privately chartered orbital dinodrome, Mai Changying will shock her audiences with an unexpected and transgressive act that will change gladiatorial combat in the dinodromes forever - and prove that even when everything is stripped from us, our need for kinship and our triumph in seeking it remains."This is a pulse-pounding story, a triumph of world-building - a story of gladiatorial combat, and of bonds strange and transcendent. Without a doubt, one of the most enthralling stories I've come across." (Samuel Peralta, author of the Future Chronicles series) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Yi Ming Sofyia Xue. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/218696/bk_acx0_218696_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Gladiator: Sword of Rome, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 115min

  Rome, 51 BC: The centurion Lucius Oppius has left the battlefields of Gaul to venture to Rome. But he is about to discover the capital of the Empire can be every bit as dangerous as its provinces. Under orders from Caesar to secure an item of intelligence that will help him become a Consul again, Oppius is manipulated into taking part in a gladiatorial contest. The soldier must not only fight his enemies in the arena however. Marcus Porcius Cato warns "Caesar’s Champion" that victory inside the arena will bring death outside of it. Oppius soon discovers that while in Gaul your enemies stand before you in a shield wall, in Rome they stab you in the back.Sword of Rome: Gladiator is an action-packed novella that takes you into the heart of Rome and into the crucible of gladiatorial combat. As well as facing death and treachery, Oppius and his legionaries will also encounter a young Octavius Caesar and Pompey the Great. The Sword of Rome series brings together history and adventure in stories that will appeal to fans of both Simon Scarrow and Bernard Cornwell. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ric Jerrom. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/019698/bk_adbl_019698_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Caligula , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 679min

  Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, the third Roman Emperor, is better known by another name: Caligula, a name synonymous with decadence, cruelty and madness. His reign was marked by excess, huge building projects, the largest gladiatorial battles Rome was ever to see – men and animals killed in their hundreds – conspiracies, assassination attempts and sexual scandal. Rufus as a young slave grows up far from the corruption of the imperial court. His master is a trainer of animals for the gladiatorial arena. Rufus discovers that he has a natural ability with animals, a talent for controlling and schooling them. It is at the arenas that Rufus meets his great friend Cupido, one of Rome’s greatest gladiators. It is his growing reputation as an animal trainer and his friendship with Cupido that attracts the cruel gaze of the Emperor. Caligula wants a keeper for the imperial elephant and Rufus is bought from his master and taken to the imperial palace. Life here is dictated by Caligula’s ever shifting moods. Caligula is as generous as he is cruel, he is a megalomaniac who declares himself a living god and simultaneously lives in constant fear of the plots against his life. But his paranoia is not misplaced, intrigue permeates his court, and Rufus and Cupido find themselves unwittingly placed at the centre of a conspiracy to assassinate the Emperor. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Russell Boulter. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/001129/bk_rhuk_001129_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Chronicles of Jegra: Gladiatrix of the Galaxy , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 584min

  Making her a slave to the arena was their first mistake. Underestimating her will be their last.  Aliens abducted her and sold her into the Intergalactic Gladiatorial Syndicate. Now, she's fighting for her life on an alien world where she is reborn as Jegra, Gladiatrix of the Galaxy!  When the ruthless Lord Emperor Rhadamanthus Dakroth falls for the gladiatrix Jegra Alakandra, he decides to make her his new empress. But, after his ship is ambushed and destroyed, he is marooned on the desert moon with vicious assassins hot on his trail. Now, he has no choice but to turn to his bride-to-be for survival. Fans of John Carter of Mars, Star Wars, and Red Sonja will have a lot to be excited about with this new sci-fi space opera where a woman made a slave discovers a greater destiny waiting for her in the stars. From gladiatorial death matches to intergalactic war, The Chronicles of Jegra: Gladiatrix of the Galaxy is the first exciting chapter in the Cosmic Alliance Series!  Note: Contains a pansexual heroine, her transsexual girlfriend, and her bisexual polyamorous blue-skinned alien husband, some scenes of brutality, a bit of galactic alien sex, puritan knights of an ancient holy order, and giant glowing space squids made of nuclear energy that eat starships for breakfast. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Veronica James. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/148478/bk_acx0_148478_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Modern Scholar: The Grandeur That Was Rome: Roman Art and Archaeology, Hörbuch, Digital, 468min

  Common perceptions of Ancient Rome are plentiful, whether they take the form of crazy emperors hosting lavish feasts, scenes of chariot races and gladiatorial combat, or processions of conquering armies. But that is only half the story. In this enlightening lecture series, Professor Jennifer Tobin presents a sweeping portrait of Rome, including the lofty developments of senatorial government, historical writing, stunning art and architecture - and even the origins of long-lived customs such as the Roman tradition of carrying a bride over the threshold. Language: English. Narrator: Professor Jennifer Tobin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/reco/003993/bk_reco_003993_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Lost Letters of Pergamum: A Story from the New Testament World , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 303min

  Transported two thousand years into the past, readers are introduced to Antipas, a Roman civic leader who has encountered the writings of the biblical author Luke. Luke's writings spark Antipas's interest, and a correspondence transpires between them. As the two delve deeply into each other's lives, Antipas begins to see things in fresh ways, causing him to rethink the values upon which his life had been founded. In due course, a gladiatorial contest in Pergamum forces difficult decisions on both the Christians in that city and on Antipas himself. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Troy Duran. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/039669/bk_acx0_039669_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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