Chasseurs et Gladiateurs: L'épopée des héros de l'arène

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Panem et circenses, “bread and circuses”—Juvenal’s expression denouncing the Roman plebs, whose sole ambition was the free distribution of flour and satiating the appetite for public entertainment, characterizes fairly accurately Roman society at the time of the first emperors. However, one should not be mistaken, the image of the Circus Maximus hosting gladiator fights is nothing more than pure fabrication. Here, other than chariot races and athletic competitions, one would a...