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The Colosseum. The story of a gladiator


autore: Valerio Sailis
Illustrated by Paola Canzonetta

editore: Apeiron Editori
titolo originale: Colosseo. La storia di un gladiatore
lingua originale: 
traduzione: Amina Santcross
formato: 19 x 22 x 1.2 cm – pagine: 48
confezione: brossura – peso: 200 gr
illustrazioni a colori: Completamente illustrato
lingua: English
anno: 2008 ottobre
disponibile:
prezzo: € 7.90
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“The story I am about to tell you happened a long, long time ago, in A.D. 176 to be precise. I was 122 years old, then, and therefore still quite young! At that time the emperor of Rome was Marcus Aurelius who was considered to be one of the ‘five good emperors’. I remember that morning well. It was a most beautiful summer’s day. The sky was blue and cloudless and…”

Anassa the eagle tells the story of Claudius, a young Roman at the time of the Empire, who felt obliged to fight against bullying and injustice and will be remembered for ever as Eros, the best gladiator to have fought in the Colosseum.