Contents

I		Becoming a Gladiator
II		How Did We Get Here?
III		Arenas of the Empire
IV		Ludus Life
V		The Making of a Gladiator
		Colour Plates I
VI		Gladiators Outside the Arena
VII		Preliminaries to a Bout
VIII		Death at the Colosseum
		Colour Plates II
IX		Death and Other Alternatives to Retirement
		Map of the Roman Empire
		Glossary
		Acknowledgments
		Further Reading
		Sources of Quotations
		Index
		Copyright