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20 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE COLOSSEUM / ELEANOR BRADSHAW ; Editor: Rachael Morlock ; Book Design: Tanya Dellaccio Keeney

By: Contributor(s): Series: Did you know? Wonders of the worldPublisher: Buffalo, NY : PowerKids Press, [2025]Copyright date: ©2025Description: 32 pages : colour photographs ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781499445381
Other title:
  • Twenty things you didn't know about the Colosseum
  • The Colosseum
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 23 937.63
Contents:
Step into History -- Lasting Monument -- Larger Than Life -- Room for All -- Setting the Stage -- Showtime! -- Deadly Games -- Crowd Control -- Final Fights -- Roman Ruins -- A New Purpose -- Picturing the Past.
Summary: Mentioning the Colosseum is certain to summon images of gladiators in bloody battle or exotic animals on display. But there's much more to know about this Roman amphitheater. This book takes readers beyond the showy spectacles that took place there. It fills in the long history of the Colosseum with well-chosen photographs that reinforce the engaging text. Young readers encounter 20 eye-opening facts and gain a broader understanding of the Colosseum, how and why it was built, and its place in history
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Includes index.

Step into History -- Lasting Monument -- Larger Than Life -- Room for All -- Setting the Stage -- Showtime! -- Deadly Games -- Crowd Control -- Final Fights -- Roman Ruins -- A New Purpose -- Picturing the Past.

Mentioning the Colosseum is certain to summon images of gladiators in bloody battle or exotic animals on display. But there's much more to know about this Roman amphitheater. This book takes readers beyond the showy spectacles that took place there. It fills in the long history of the Colosseum with well-chosen photographs that reinforce the engaging text. Young readers encounter 20 eye-opening facts and gain a broader understanding of the Colosseum, how and why it was built, and its place in history

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