Where Is the Colosseum? by Jim O'Connor - ISBN: 9780399541902
Paperback
Screaming fans, gladiators, and beasts: Discover the Colosseum’s bloody past.

Where Is the Colosseum?

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  • Paperback

    112 pages

  • Release Date

    15 February 2017

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Summary

A marvel of engineering that proclaimed the might of the Emperor of Ancient Rome.

The Emperor Titus opened the enormous Colosseum in AD 80 to host 100 days of games, and it will astound readers to learn what the ancient Romans found entertaining. Over 50,000 screaming fans watched gladiators battling each other to the death, men fighting exotic wild beasts, and even mock sea battles with warships floating on an arena floor flooded with water.

By AD 476 the Roman Empire had fal…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780399541902
ISBN-10:039954190X
Author:Jim O'Connor, John O'Brien, Who HQ
Publisher:Penguin Putnam Inc
Imprint:Grosset & Dunlap Inc.,U.S.
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:112
Release Date:15 February 2017
Weight:108g
Dimensions:194mm x 137mm x 7mm
Series:Where Is?
About The Author

Jim O'Connor

Jim O’Connor is the author of What Was Pompeii?, What Was the Battle of Gettysburg?, Who Is Bob Dylan?, and Where Is the Grand Canyon?

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