Keen, Annette. <br/><br/>
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. .
<br/><br/> This ed. originally published:  2001.  Compact discs.  Text on inside cover. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781405882187 (pbk.) :  No price 1405882182 (pbk.) :  No price 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Gladiators--Rome--Fiction.<br/>Slaves--Rome--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Rome--History--Commodus, 180-192--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Readers.<br/>Historical fiction.