Listen "Why Did Gladiators Willingly Fight In The Colosseum?"
Episode Synopsis
Audio-only. Video is available on YouTube.
Sources:
Beard, Mary & Hopkins, Keith. The Colosseum (2011)
Futrell, Alison. The Roman Games: Historical Sources in Translation (2008)
Futrell, Alison & Scanlon, Thomas. The Oxford Handbook of Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World (2021)
Jacobelli, Luciana. Gladiators at Pompeii (2003)
Mellor, Ronald. The Historians of Ancient Rome (1997)
Wiedemann, Thomas. Emperors and Gladiators (1992)
Sources:
Beard, Mary & Hopkins, Keith. The Colosseum (2011)
Futrell, Alison. The Roman Games: Historical Sources in Translation (2008)
Futrell, Alison & Scanlon, Thomas. The Oxford Handbook of Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World (2021)
Jacobelli, Luciana. Gladiators at Pompeii (2003)
Mellor, Ronald. The Historians of Ancient Rome (1997)
Wiedemann, Thomas. Emperors and Gladiators (1992)
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