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The Colosseum was Imperial Rome's monument to warfare. Like a cathedral of death it towered over the city and invited its citizens, 50,000 at a time, to watch murderous gladiatorial games. It is now visited by two million visitors a year (Hitler was among them). Award-winning classicist Mary Beard, with Keith Hopkins, tells the story of Rome's greatest arena: how it was built; the gladiatorial and other games that were held there; the training of the gladiators; the audiences who revelled in the games, the emperors who staged them and the critics.

A multi-narrative horror novel about the coming apocalypse, with intricately interconnected stories, featuring: Two child were-creatures who are locked in cages by their parents each day before the moon rises. A farm where any villain, serial killer, or terrorist can go to conduct any business of their choosing. A gravedigger who finds a portal to the afterlife buried beneath the earth. A mysterious typewriter that gives writers a way to turn back time. Blood-red snowflakes falling from the heavens. A time traveling serial arsonist. Lots and lots of murdering.

The Murder Farm is a place where any villain, serial killer, terrorist, or outlaw can go to seek asylum or conduct any business of their choosing. The price of such a service is, of course, exorbitant. Run by a family of three—Pop, Mum, and Betty—the Murder Farm is infamous in the underworld for its discreet and hospitable caretakers. One evening, however, the villain Doctor Talky and his band of miscreants arrive, and things start to go haywire.

Dos destacados historiadores clásicos cuentan la historia del mayor anfiteatro de Roma, un monumento visitado por dos millones de personas al año. La Roma imperial fue un estado guerrero. El Coliseo (inaugurado en el año 80 d.C.) fue el monumento de Roma a la guerra. Como una catedral de la...