GLADIATORS

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

As Christianity spread, gladiator shows disappeared.
I have finished reading GLADIATORS.
It was very interesting.
However I could read only 2 books in spring semester.
I intend to read more books in autumn semester.

flock / 群がる
For 800 years, Romans flocked to gladiator shows.

spill / こぼす、あふれ出る
gore / 血のり
In all that time, there is little record of anyone speaking out against all the violence, spilt guts and gore.

bloodthirsty / 血に飢えた、残虐な
The boodthirsty violence went against their religion and culture.

forbid / 禁ずる、許さない
existence / 存在、　
"We totally forbid the existence of gladiators," he said in the year 325.