{"product_id":"those-who-are-about-to-die","title":"Those Who Are About To Die","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBestselling author Harry Sidebottom takes readers on a thrilling journey through a day in the life of the most iconic figure of the ancient world: the Roman gladiator\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eGrippingly original\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e' Tom Holland, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSunday Times\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebestselling author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDominion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThrilling... every page sizzles\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e' Alice Loxton, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSunday Times\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebestselling author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEighteen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFascinating\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e' Matthew Kneale, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSunday Times\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebestselling author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRome\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDressed in armour and clutching a bloody sword, the Roman gladiator is the most iconic figure of the ancient world. Both fascinating and repulsive to us now, he was in his own time a deeply controversial character, by turns hated and idealized – and always at the heart of Roman culture. But what did he really mean to the Romans? What did they see in the gladiator and the spectacle of the games? And what does he reveal to us today about the Roman way of life?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrilliantly written and meticulously researched, this book tells the stories of the gladiators and those who observed them – from grand emperors to lowly slaves – illuminating and analysing the all-consuming passion of the Roman Empire for the spectacle of mortal combat. In doing so, it reveals Roman ideas about everything from freedom and servitude to sex and desire, from courage and cowardice to death and the afterlife.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTaking readers on an unforgettable twenty-four-hour adventure – beginning the night before the games and ending the evening after – \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThose Who Are About To Die\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003egives a blow-by-blow account of what life was really like in the brutally unforgiving arena of the ancient world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldsboro Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55642929037685,"sku":"9781529154009","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4900\/5606\/files\/7a59a0d0-0634-41e8-b49c-42534e26fe22.jpg?v=1752851311","url":"https:\/\/goldsborobooks.com\/products\/those-who-are-about-to-die","provider":"Goldsboro Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}