The boy travellers in southern Europe : adventures of two youths in a journey through Italy, southern France, and Spain, with visits to Gibraltar and the islands of Sicily and Malta (1893)
Knox, Thomas Wallace, 1835-1896 · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 306
city ? I cannot tell exactly, replied Frank; but the first one that weread about in Roman history was a show of three pairs of gladiatorsgiven at a funeral in the year 490 after the founding of Rome. Fiftyyears later there was a show of twenty-two pairs of gladiators in theForum. From that time on… … TEMPLE OP VESPASIAN. each pair of gladiators to kill his opponent. The fight was generally tothe death, and the victor was rewarded sometimes with a branch otpalm, or some other token, and sometimes with his freedom. The Koman emperors surpassed everj^body else in the extent andgrandeur of these…
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