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Orion Childrens (2005), Edition: New Ed, Paperback, 224 pages
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Suspecting their friend Jonathan is alive, Flavia, Nubia, and Lupus go to Rome for the Colosseum Games, facing wild beasts, criminals, conspirators, and gladiators, and where Nubia is called upon to make a terrible choice.
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LibraryThing member sirfurboy
This series is a wonderful introduction to Ancient Rome, warts and all. This book is the most gruesome yet, with a recounting of Titus' games of 80AD. In this book the children from Ostia are missing Jonathan, who is presumed dead after the fire in Rome, but Lupus hears of a curly haired boy beggar
Full of rich historical detail, this book is also an enthralling story. Children of about 8+ will love it, but parents be warned - there is some gruesome (if entirely authentic) stuff here. Think "horrible histories" but with a better storyline!
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boy in Rome who claims to have stated the fire, and thinking this just might be their friend, the children set off once again to investigate the mystery.Full of rich historical detail, this book is also an enthralling story. Children of about 8+ will love it, but parents be warned - there is some gruesome (if entirely authentic) stuff here. Think "horrible histories" but with a better storyline!
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LibraryThing member lkmuir
Suspecting their friend Jonathan is alive, Flavia, Nubia, and Lupus go to Rome for the Colosseum Games, facing wild beasts, criminals, conspirators, and gladiators, and where Nubia is called upon to make a terrible choice.
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Original publication date
2004-06-03
Physical description
208 p.; 8.52 inches
ISBN
1596430745 / 9781596430747
Local notes
March, AD 80. As Titus opens his new amphitheatre (now known as the Colosseum) with beast fights, criminal executions and gladiatorial combats, the friends stare death in the face and experience the most terrifying three days of their lives.