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Histoire des gladiateurs. Littérature By cross-referencing the various sources"Text" Collection. The public's enthusiasm for gladiatorial combat, sixteen centuries after its official ban, has never waned. But what do we actually know about this emblematic institution of the Roman Empire? Filling a gap, as the only available studies, already old, were aimed only at specialists, this book recounts the daily lives of these men, and sometimes women, slaves, convicts under common law, but also free professionals, almost all of whom