GLADIATORS

A title : GLADIATORS
The author : Minna Lacey & Susanna Davidson
Publisher : USBORNE
Year of the publication : 2006
YL : 1.9

I borrowed a second book.
It's a GLADIATORS.
I read chapter 1 and knew that there were various type of the gladiators.
For example, a person with a dagger, with a bow with a spear. some of them rode a horse.
There was a gladiator of the woman at the begining.

admire / 敬服する
adore / 敬愛する
entertain / 楽しませる
huge / 巨大な
crowd / 観衆
Admired by men and adored by women, gladiators were trained fighters who entertained huge crowds in Ancient Rome.

ripple / 波打つ
Dressed to impress in shining metals, with rippling muscles on show, gladiators fought in arenas all over the Roman Empire.

cheer / 声援、喝采
They entered to wild cheers from the crowd.

slave / 奴隷
criminal / 犯罪の、罪人
prisoners / 囚人、前科者
Most gladiators were slaves, criminals or prisoners of war, sold to gladiator owners and forced to fight.