Gladiator
Title:
Gladiator
Author:
Keen, Annette, author.?UNAUTHORIZED
ISBN:
9780582471177
9780582816992
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
iv, 75 pages ; 20 cm
Series:
Penguin readers level 4
Contents:
Farmer and soldier -- The last battle -- One more duty -- A prisoner again -- New gladiators -- Caesar's arrival in Rome -- The Spaniard and the crowd -- The Colosseum -- A man for the people -- Secrets and lies -- Broken plans -- Home, at last
Abstract:
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