07-04-2014, 11:51 AM
I'm on holiday in Italy at present and while visiting the palatine hill site I picked up a glossy coffee table book on gladiators, unfortunately it's in Italian so I can't read the text but there are some very flashy looking reconstructions in it.
It's called Gladiatori by Silvano Mattesini (with credits to Paula Badesco and Marcella Mattesini). Published by Archaos.
There are a couple of interesting drawings inside with a few things I hadn't seen before, whether these are accurate or not I can't tell.
Anyone seen this book, is it just a glossy picture book or is it a fairly accurate tome.
It's called Gladiatori by Silvano Mattesini (with credits to Paula Badesco and Marcella Mattesini). Published by Archaos.
There are a couple of interesting drawings inside with a few things I hadn't seen before, whether these are accurate or not I can't tell.
Anyone seen this book, is it just a glossy picture book or is it a fairly accurate tome.
