Gladiator /

Keen, Annette.

Gladiator / adapted from the novel by Dewey Gram ; based on the screenplay by David Franzoni, John Logan and William Nicholson ; retold by Annette Keen. - New ed. - Harlow : Pearson Education, 2008. - v, 70 p. ; 20 cm. + 3 sound discs. - Penguin readers. .

This ed. originally published: 2001. Compact discs. Text on inside cover.

Maximus is a general in the Roman army. After his last battle he wants to return to his family. But the new Emperor Commodus hates Maximus, and kills his family. Soon Maximus is a prisoner, then a slave, and finally a gladiator. When Emperor Commodus joins Maximus in the arena they fight for their lives.

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Gladiators--Rome--Fiction.
Slaves--Rome--Fiction.


Rome--History--Commodus, 180-192--Fiction.


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