Download or read book Circus Maximus Return of the Champion written by Annelise Gray and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-09-12 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The conclusion of the Circus Maximus series set in Ancient Rome full of fabulous horses, thrilling adventures and an unforgettable heroine called Dido. When her beloved horse Porcellus sires a new foal, Dido hopes he will be the missing piece in her quest to train the greatest team ever seen at the Circus Maximus. But grief and a desire for revenge are clouding her judgement. Then her old friend Parmenion asks her to shelter the runaway son of her bitterest rival and help him fulfil his dream of becoming a charioteer. Can Dido and the boy, Damon, help each other find a way out of darkness? And who will claim the right to be known as the sport's ultimate champion in one last battle for racing glory?
Download or read book Theodoric the Goth written by Thomas Hodgkin and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gladiators written by Roger Dunkle and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The games comprised gladiatorial fights, staged animal hunts (venationes) and the executions of convicted criminals and prisoners of war. Besides entertaining the crowd, the games delivered a powerful message of Roman power: as a reminder of the wars in which Rome had acquired its empire, the distant regions of its far-flung empire (from where they had obtained wild beasts for the venatio), and the inevitability of Roman justice for criminals and those foreigners who had dared to challenge the empire's authority. Though we might see these games as bloodthirsty, cruel and reprehensible condemning any alien culture out of hand for a sport that offends our sensibilities smacks of cultural chauvinism. Instead one should judge an ancient sport by the standards of its contemporary cultural context. This book offers a fascinating, and fair historical appraisal of gladiatorial combat, which will bring the games alive to the reader and help them see them through the eyes of the ancient Romans. It will answer questions about gladiatorial combat such as: What were its origins? Why did it disappear? Who were gladiators? How did they become gladiators? What was there training like? How did the Romans view gladiators? How were gladiator shows produced and advertised? What were the different styles of gladiatorial fighting? Did gladiator matches have referees? Did every match end in the death of at least one gladiator? Were gladiator games mere entertainment or did they play a larger role in Roman society? What was their political significance?
Download or read book Circus Maximus written by Annelise Gray and published by Zephyr. This book was released on 2021-03-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Circus Maximus, the greatest sporting stage of the ancient Roman world, where the best horses and charioteers compete in a race to the death, and one girl dreams of glory. Ben Hur meets National Velvet in the ultimate 9-12 adventure story by debut children's author, Annelise Gray. Twelve-year-old Dido dreams of becoming the first female charioteer at the great Circus Maximus. She's lost her heart to Porcellus, a wild, tempestuous horse she longs to train and race. But such ambitions are forbidden to girls and she must be content with helping her father Antonius - the trainer of Rome's most popular racing team, The Greens - and teaching the rules of racing to Justus, the handsome young nephew of the Greens' wealthy owner. When her father is brutally murdered, she is forced to seek refuge with an unlikely ally. But what of her dream of Circus triumphs and being reunited with the beloved horse she left behind in Rome? And the threat to her life isn't over as she faces a powerful and terrifying new enemy... the emperor Caligula. 'I loved this adventure - full of brilliant horses, and a determined heroine following her dreams against all the odds. Looking forward to discovering what's in store for them next' Pippa Funnell, MBE
Download or read book The Boardgamer Volume 2 written by Bruce A. Monnin and published by Past Into Print Publishing. This book was released on with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Boardgamer magazine was a quarterly magazine devoted primarily, but not exclusively, to the coverage of Avalon Hill / Victory Games titles and to other aspects of the boardgaming hobby. Initially, The Boardgamer’s publication ran concurrently with Avalon Hill’s house magazine, The General, but instead of focusing on new releases, it devoted coverage to those classic, Avalon Hill games which no longer graced the pages of The General. Following the cessation of The General in June 1998, The Boardgamer was the primary periodical dedicated to the titles from AH/VG, until its final issue in 2004. The contents of this volume are: Air Baron Series Replay - Basic Game Partisan Leaders - For 1776 Event Cards - In History Of The World Avaloncon 1996 - Four Days of Fun, Competition and Fatigue Late Returns - From Avaloncon 1996 Circus Maximus - Tips For Tournament Play Sweeping The Sweeps - Strategy In The Ratings War Phase Of TV Wars History Of The World - PBEM Ladder Rules Pre-ASL AREA Recreation - Update October 1996 Pre-ASL AREA Records - Mid-November 1996 Gettysburg ‘88 - A Union Opening Strategy AREA News - Tournament A New 1776 Thesis - The 1776 Thesis Analyzed E Pluribus Unum - A Better Way Of Playing Candidate Shortening History Again - History Of The World In Four Turns Avaloncon Hall Of Fame Update War At Sea Series Replays - Part I - Best 2 Out Of 3 AREA PBM & PBEM Ladders - Current Status On Various AREA Competitions AREA News - Our AREA Scribe AREA Code Of Conduct - Guidelines For Playing By Mail War At Sea Series Replays - Part II - The Rubber Match Roman Setup In Caesar Alesia - Where To Put The Forts? 1997 Midwest Open - Victory In The Pacific Tournament AREA Code Of Conduct - Part II - Guidelines For Playing By Mail Evolution Of The Remote Opponent - Play By Graphics (PBG) New Releases From Avalon Hill Victory In The Pacific - Reflections On The Tournament Trail Out Of Asia - A Variant For History Of The World Avaloncon 1997 - Early Reports From The National Championships ASL AREA News - The Electronic Edition, July 1997 (With Avaloncon Notes) A.R.E.A. Defined - or What A.R.E.A. Means To Me The Masters Of Pro Golf - Four Legends At Augusta National
Download or read book Arena Champion Part Five of the Roman Arena Series written by Simon Scarrow and published by Headline. This book was released on 2013-07-18 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fifth and final instalment in Simon Scarrow's electrifying ARENA series sees gladiator Pavo face his most gruelling battle yet as strives to avenge his father's death. From the moment his father was executed in the arena for an act of treason, former military tribune and condemned gladiator Marcus Valerius Pavo has burned with the desire for revenge. Now all that stands between Pavo and victory is a man considered by many to be the greatest gladiator to have ever lived: Hermes. But even with Optio Macro as his trainer, and the help of the snakish imperial secretary, defeating Hermes appears an impossible task. With a conspiracy unfolding within the walls of the palace and a storm gathering over Rome, Pavo will have to call on everything he has learned under Macro if he is to his triumph over his father's killer - and become the champion of the arena...
Download or read book Circus Maximus Rivals On the Track written by Annelise Gray and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-02-03 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dido is the only girl ever to have raced to victory at the Circus Maximus, Rome's greatest sporting arena. Now she and her beloved horse, Porcellus, are in hiding, and Emperor Caligula has put a price on their heads. Can she outwit the emperor and his bounty hunters? And will a shocking family secret stop her in her tracks, or spur her on to make a daring return, helped by a one-eyed mare with a heart as brave as her own? Horses, history, mystery, thrilling entertainment and sensational storytelling race neck and neck through the second pulse-pounding adventure in Annelise Gray's 9 + series set in Ancient Rome. 'I loved this adventure – full of brilliant horses, and a determined heroine following her dreams against all the odds. Looking forward to discovering what's in store for them next' Pippa Funnell, MBE, three-time Equestrian Olympic medalist
Download or read book The Film Renter and Moving Picture News written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Social Psychology of Sport written by Gordon W. Russell and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is written from the perspective of a social psychologist. As a conse quence, the topics covered in the upcoming chapters were chosen from among those traditionally of interest to the discipline of social psychology. A criterion for inclusion was the topic's usefulness in providing insights and/or understand ing ofthe social processes at work in sports settings. To this end, I have drawn ex tensively from mainstream journals in social psychology (e. g. , Journal of Per sonality and Social Psychology), and grounded the discussion of topics and issues on the methodologically sound studies/experiments they generally provide. There is also an equally strong interdisciplinary emphasis that features research from physical education, sociology, management science, and education. I have made a further attempt, not as successful as I would have liked, to incorporate a substan tial amount of the fine sports research that has been conducted overseas, particu larly in Europe and Australia. I am hopeful that in bringing together the works of international scholars from a variety of disciplines a clearer and balanced outline of this field will take shape. And now a word about the audience for this text and how to get the most from its pages. I would suggest that the reader have taken a course in social psychology following an introductory-level course. An introductory course in research methodology would also be helpful.
Download or read book The Modern Divine Comedy Book 8 Paradiso 2 Departure written by Andrew J. Farrara and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2022-10-13 with total page 1057 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The PARADISO is considered the most perfect part of the hereafter where the souls are permitted to live eternally if they can successfully complete the very difficult Celestial Examination process engaging the intellectual and personal guilt and forgiveness requirements system. Many celestial citizens take years, decades or centuries to complete. The Celestial Trial of Josephus, the Annual Lantern Parade and Romano’s awakening from his dream nightmare at the ending are the major subjects in this Book. This Celestial Trial of the ancient Jewish General and Roman writer, propagandist and collaborationist Flavius Josephus in discovering the real Spiritual Truths at the Celestial Supreme Court headed by the Biblical prophets Noah, Abraham and Moses is portrayed. Josephus is defended in Court by a late 19th century mortal American Barrister named Darryl Buchanan from Philadelphia who just successfully defended John D Rockefeller before Almighty GOD Himself in God’s Personal Supreme Peoples Court. The goal of the Celestial Trial of ‘Josephus verses the Celestial Kingdom’ is to discover the Holy Secrets and Spiritual Truths of his writings as to determine whether he did or did not fabricate and/or conceal the Biblical truths and steal the Prophecy that the next Ruler of the Roman Empire was destined to come from Judea to save his own body and soul? The Annual Lantern Parade at the Celestial Circus Maximus on Christmas Day has been a tradition since Jesus died on the Cross in the first century AD. The theme this year is called the Ancient & Divine Mysteries of the Universe. BOOK FOUR ends with the Devil and his Three Crown Princes still trying to manipulate, dominate and overthrow the Kingdom with a Final Curtain Call where the Tragic End Game occurs and the Mise-en-Abime shows the hero Journalist Romano home awoken immediately after his dream in his basement apartment at a New York City Catholic Church.
Download or read book The Boardgamer Volume 3 written by Bruce A. Monnin and published by Past Into Print Publishing. This book was released on with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Boardgamer magazine was a quarterly magazine devoted primarily, but not exclusively, to the coverage of Avalon Hill / Victory Games titles and to other aspects of the boardgaming hobby. Initially, The Boardgamer’s publication ran concurrently with Avalon Hill’s house magazine, The General, but instead of focusing on new releases, it devoted coverage to those classic, Avalon Hill games which no longer graced the pages of The General. Following the cessation of The General in June 1998, The Boardgamer was the primary periodical dedicated to the titles from AH/VG, until its final issue in 2004. The contents of this volume consists of: Squad Leader - There’s Life In The Old Dog Yet Scenario Alpha - Learning Squad Leader By Playing We The People - Some Basic Strategies Hadrian’s Wall - Optional Rules For Britannia Avaloncon 1997 - Late Reports From The National Championships PT Boats versus The Tokyo Express - Optional Rules and New Scenarios Tokyo Express Preserving The Red Berets - Panzer Leader Scenario #10 A.R.E.A. News - Thoughts I Asked For It - Definitions For The Cynical Gamer’s Dictionary Quicker Wins w/ Marshal Petain - Using Vichy France To Put You Over The Top Three Ring Battle Royal - A Tournament Variant For Wrasslin’ Title Bout Stuff - A New Scoresheet and Other Notes Wilmington - The Forgotten City in 1776 Fighting Blind - A “What If” Scenario For Victory In The Pacific A.R.E.A. News - Missing In Action Across Five Aprils Series Replay - First Bull Run Avaloncon Hall Of Fame Update The Standard Michalski Opening - Opening Set-Ups in 4th Edition Third Reich Why I’m A “Barents On One” Believer - Allied Opening Strategy At War At Sea Panzers On The Loose - A Strategy Article For Russian Front Day Of The Jackal - A Variant For Assassin The British Receding - A New 1776 Scenario In The South - 1781 1776 Revisited - A 1776 Scenario At Avaloncon Deciphering The Panzerblitz Rules - Revised 7-17-97 March Madness Series Replay - Ohio Schools vs Florida Schools 1998 Midwest Open - Victory In The Pacific Tournament Recap Counting The Losses - Raid On St. Nazaire’s 10th Birthday The Short Road To Rome - Initial Italian Defense In 4th Edition Third Reich Navcon II Tournament Final - Victory In The Pacific - 1995 Luftwaffe For The 90’s - Updating the WWII Strategic Air War Game Shermans In The East - Some Panzerblitz / Panzer Leader Scenarios Avaloncon 1998 - Early Returns From The National Championships, Part 1
Download or read book Love and Friendship Across Cultures written by Soraj Hongladarom and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-01-10 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection brings together different philosophical points of view discussing two important aspects of human life, namely love and friendship, within the broad context of comparative philosophy. These points of view differ in terms of their cultural orientations - East or West, ancient or modern; philosophical methodologies - analytical, historical, experimental, or phenomenological, broadly construed; and motivation - explanatory, revisionary, or argumentative. The volume is a comparative treatment of how diverse philosophical cultures view love and friendship, such as how Aristotle and Confucius’ views on friendship are similar and different, how the ancient Greeks and the Buddhists view friendship and happiness, and how posthumous love is possible. With contributions from a diverse set of scholars, this book presents the emerging views of Southeast Asian philosophers compared with those of philosophers from other regions, including Europe and North America. The volume thus provides a multi-faceted way of understanding love and friendship across cultures, and will be relevant to scholars interested in philosophy, the history of ideas, Asian Studies, and religious studies.
Download or read book Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero written by W. Warde Fowler and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-02 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 'Social Life at Rome in the Age of Cicero', W. Warde Fowler provides readers with a comprehensive picture of life and society in one of the most fascinating periods of Graeco-Roman civilization. While the political and constitutional history of this time has been widely studied, there are few works in the English language that offer insight into the daily lives, education, morals, and religion of the people who lived during this time. Using Marquardt's Privatleben der Römer and Cicero's correspondence, Fowler gives readers a look into the lower population, the governing aristocracy, marriage and the Roman lady, education of the upper classes, the slave population, the house of the rich man in town and country, the daily life of the well-to-do, holidays and public amusements, and religion.
Download or read book Sport in the Ancient World from A to Z written by Mark Golden and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-06 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arranged in an easy-to-use dictionary format, this volume includes more than 700 entries discussing ancient athletes, festivals, important sites, equipment and concepts. It is the ultimate guide to ancient sport.
Download or read book Serah written by Barry Connolly and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2018-05-09 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Serah Corvinius is a young Christian girl who is coming of age in the shadow of the Emperor Claudiuss Rome. The daughter of a Roman centurion and a Jewish artisan, Serah lives an idyllic life on her fathers equestrian estate. There, magnificent horses are trained for fierce competition in the races at the Circus Maximus. When a powerful and vindictive Roman senator threatens her familys welfare and her own life, Serah is compelled to flee to her mothers homeland in Judea. In Jerusalem, she will experience for the first time the prejudice and danger facing the followers of Jesus Christ. It is an adventure that will test her beliefs, challenge her courage, open her heart, and change her life.
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Download or read book Temples of the Earthbound Gods written by Christopher Thomas Gaffney and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Rio de Janeiro, the spiritual home of world football, and Buenos Aires, where a popular soccer club president was recently elected mayor, the game is an integral part of national identity. Using the football stadium as an illuminating cultural lens, Temples of the Earthbound Gods examines many aspects of urban culture that play out within these monumental architectural forms, including spirituality, violence, rigid social norms, anarchy, and also expressions of sexuality and gender. Tracing the history of the game in Brazil and Argentina through colonial influences as well as indigenous ball courts in Mayan, Aztec, Zapotec, Mixtec, and Olmec societies, Christopher Gaffney's study spans both ancient and contemporary worlds, linking the development of stadiums to urbanization and the consolidation of nation building in two of Latin America's most intriguing megacities.
