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Colosseum: Blood and Roses
Paperback
Publisher: Authorhouse Uk
Published: Jun 7 2023
Pages: 358
Weight: 1.16
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
ONE EMPEROR'S DREAM. ONE GLADIATOR'S JUSTICE
Discover the secret of Nero's spectacular Domus Aurea golden palace, only now being revealed. What is its connection to the Colosseum? And what is its link with the vibrant city of Pompeii, its gladiators and its total destruction caused by the eruption of Vesuvius?
The amphitheatre has its own secrets even more spectacular.
79 AD. In the reign of Vespasian in the very heart of Rome, a huge amphitheatre rose that would awe the empire. It became known as the Colosseum. Born from the extravagance of the Domus Aurea in Nero's reign and the Great Fire of Rome, its construction was paid for by spoils won in the Judaean war. Over the years, the blood of thousands seeped into the arena's sand. And the people loved it! This was the time of the gladiators as seen through the eyes of Famullus, Rome's most famous fresco painter.
Quintus, a young man born free in Rome sharpens his skills as a Retiarius by fighting in arenas such as Pompeii, becoming caught up in the eruption of Vesuvius. Haunted by his mother's murder years before, he is determined to find the killer and take a life for a life. He finds himself in the inaugural Games of Rome's deadly Colosseum where he must fight for survival and the woman who loves him.
Executions, classical re-enactments, beast attacks, gladiatrices and staged naval battles are held within the arena and the crowd is ecstatic. The Colosseum has it all.
Beautifully crafted and soundly historically detailed, this is a gripping novel about retribution, love and bravery.
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